Putting an object's data member into a form's label

Question

Thanks to DavidLowndes-6766 for previous help
In Win 10 using VS2019
Given a Window DeskTop App:
lblNumber->Text = System::Convert::ToString(myObj.myNum); // Works
lblText->Text = "Some test data"; // Works
However,

lblText->Text = myObj.myString; // Fails even though myString is type string

If I can copy a string literal into a form's label, why can't I copy
a string object member into a form's label called lblText->Text ?
Generated Error C2664 is - 'void System::Windows::Forms::Control::Text::set(System::String ^)': cannot convert argument 1 from 'std::string' to 'System::String ^'
What should I do ?
TIA Bob

Answer 1

Its answered here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/e7711471-5b3c-489f-9dad-32b37058a689/convert-stdstring-to-systemstring?forum=vclanguage

Answer 2

Hi,

I suggest you could refer to the Doc: How to: Convert Standard String to System::String.

Best Regards,

Jeanine

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Answer 3

Reviewed previous discussion and thankx but
Question continues
// ========== OBJECTIVE copy the myObj.myString data member into a form's label
/*
class MyClass { // This class is defined in MyClass.h
public: // Access specifier
int myNum; // Attribute (int variable)
string myString; // Attribute (string variable)
};
*/

    lblText->Text = "Some test data"; // Testing - So the form's label exists and 
                                       // accepts a literal   which may or may not be a string ?????
    lblText->Text = myObj.myString;  // Failure 1 - rejects the object's string data 
                                     //   member .... BUT WHY ? 

Still confused
Any suggestions ?
TIA
srfpala