error C3699: '^' : cannot use this indirection on type 'std::string'
c++-cli, visual-c++
Solution
`ToString()` is returning a managed `System::String` type. This is different from the unmanaged `std::string` type.
To convert from one to the other, use marshal_as.
Problem
I am trying to access lync from my application in this code I am getting errors. ``` error C3699: '^' : cannot use this indirection on type 'std::string' error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from 'System::String ^' to 'std::string *' 1> No user-defined-conversion operator available, or 1> Cannot convert a managed type to an unmanaged type ``` My code is as follows: ``` #using <Microsoft.Lync.Model.dll> #using <Microsoft.Lync.Utilities.dll> //namespace provided that DLL using namespace Microsoft::Lync::Model; //Function which is using that DLL void getusername() { LyncClient ^lyncClient; string ^text=lyncClient->Self->Contact->GetContactInformation(ContactInformationType::DisplayName)->ToString(); } ```