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Hi,
Recently I programmed a game in Darkbasic Professional and a few days ago decided to convert the code to darkGDK in C++. It hasn't worked out well. I am new to c++ but have years of experience in VB.NET and C#.NET. The problem is that when I try to print a string I get this error ini the output window:

1>c:\users\owen\documents\visual studio 2008\projects\dark gdk - game1\dark gdk - game1\main.cpp(231) : error C2665: 'dbPrint' : none of the 4 overloads could convert all the argument types
1> c:\program files (x86)\the game creators\dark gdk\include\darksdkcore.h(40): could be 'void dbPrint(LONGLONG)'
1> c:\program files (x86)\the game creators\dark gdk\include\darksdkcore.h(41): or 'void dbPrint(double)'
1> c:\program files (x86)\the game creators\dark gdk\include\darksdkcore.h(42): or 'void dbPrint(LPSTR)'
1> while trying to match the argument list '(std::string)'

at this point in the the code:

std::string invent;
invent = "myString";
dbPrint(invent);

I only started having trouble with my game when I began to add strings. The error only occurs if I add dbPrint(invent); to the code, otherwise it works fine. I've read the help file and I still don't know where i'm going wrong. It's probably something simple that I've forgotten to do or written wrong
Any help will be greatly appreciated,
thanks,
mike

Simple: dbPrint expects a char pointer and you are giving it a string. All strings can return you the char pointer using the c_str() member function, but it's constant and dbPrint expects non-constant so:

Thanks mireben.
that code works