How do you use PTSTR in C++

[HerbertMunch]

hi all,
does anyone know how to use the windows api type constructs such as PTSTR together with the normal C functions such as strcopy.

For instance strcopy requires strings defined as char* whereas the API returns strings defined with eg LPSTR.

char* str = "Hello";  // OK
LPSTR str = "Hello"; // Compiler error

If you declare LPSTR pszz; , how do you assign it to point to a string?

Thanks