How to convert const char * to BSTR

[cva]

Hi guys..i facing a problem here.i cant convert const char * to BSTR.

let say for e.g:
x - const char *
y - BSTR

i pass the variable x to another function and takes it as y.

method1(BSTR(x));

::method1(BSTR y)
{
}

the problem y is not getting the same value as sent in x. I think there is some problem when converting const char * to BSTR.
Guys do help me..
Thanks..

[guestgulkan]

Yes there is - because they are both pointers.
Converting a char* to BSTR is possible BUT they will both point to the same data - BUT the data will be
in the wrong format for BSTR.

Here is the definition of BSTR:
A BSTR is a pointer to a null-terminated character string in which the
string length is stored with the string. Because the length is stored with
the string, BSTR variables can contain embedded null characters.

[cva]

Thanks for ur kind information guestgulkan...can u suggest me any documents where i can get better undestanding of BSTR, char*,UString, CString which is related to data manipulation.
Thanks.