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Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi Method (IntPtr)

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This type can be used only by trusted applications. If you try to use its members in a partial-trust application, your code will throw a MethodAccessException exception. This type is security-critical, which restricts its use.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

Copies all characters up to the first null from an unmanaged ANSI string to a managed String. Widens each ANSI character to Unicode.

Namespace:  System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function PtrToStringAnsi ( _
    ptr As IntPtr _
) As String

[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
public static string PtrToStringAnsi(
    IntPtr ptr
)

Parameters

  • ptr
    Type: System.IntPtr
    The address of the first character of the unmanaged string.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A managed String object that holds a copy of the unmanaged ANSI string. If ptr is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), the method returns a null string.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.