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void FromOleSafeArray(/*in*/SAFEARRAY *pSA)
{
  long nbElems = 0;
  ::SafeArrayGetUBound(pSA, 1, &nbElems);

  BSTR HUGEP *pbstr = NULL;

  ::SafeArrayAccessData(pSA, (void HUGEP**)&pbstr);

  for (long i=0; i<nbElems; i++)
  {
    CString s;
    s.FromBSTR( pbstr[i] );
    ... // do anything relevant with s
  }

  ::SafeArrayUnaccessData(pSA);
}

void CString::FromBSTR(BSTR str)
{
  if (str==NULL) 
  {
    Empty();
    return;
  }

  long nLen = ::SysStringLen(str);
  if (nLen==0)
  {
    Empty();
    return;
  }

  SetLength(nLen); // preallocate block to store the string
		
  LPOLESTR wszTag = str;

  int iBytes = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0,
                       wszTag, nLen,
                       GetData(), nLen, NULL, NULL);
  // NB : GetData() is the ptr to the pre-allocated block for the CString instance

}

char x[27];<br />
char y[3][9];<br />
<br />
int n;<br />
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)<br />
{<br />
    n = i * 9;<br />
    printf("%s\n", x[n]);<br />
}

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)<br />
    printf("%s\n", y[i]);