From 3415cac1dcbd78fe4d2e2fe0bbb7e0c17a756e23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hall <dahall@byu.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 10:59:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added implicit operator from IntPtr

---
 Core/InteropServices/StrPtr.cs | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Core/InteropServices/StrPtr.cs b/Core/InteropServices/StrPtr.cs
index aa32764a..6996d839 100644
--- a/Core/InteropServices/StrPtr.cs
+++ b/Core/InteropServices/StrPtr.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ namespace Vanara.InteropServices
 		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
 		public static explicit operator IntPtr(StrPtrAuto p) => p.ptr;
 
+		/// <summary>Performs an implicit conversion from <see cref="IntPtr"/> to <see cref="StrPtrAuto"/>.</summary>
+		/// <param name="p">The pointer.</param>
+		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
+		public static implicit operator StrPtrAuto(IntPtr p) => new StrPtrAuto { ptr = p };
+
 		/// <summary>Returns a <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</summary>
 		/// <returns>A <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</returns>
 		public override string ToString() => StringHelper.GetString(ptr) ?? "null";
@@ -103,6 +108,11 @@ namespace Vanara.InteropServices
 		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
 		public static explicit operator IntPtr(StrPtrUni p) => p.ptr;
 
+		/// <summary>Performs an implicit conversion from <see cref="IntPtr"/> to <see cref="StrPtrUni"/>.</summary>
+		/// <param name="p">The pointer.</param>
+		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
+		public static implicit operator StrPtrUni(IntPtr p) => new StrPtrUni { ptr = p };
+
 		/// <summary>Returns a <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</summary>
 		/// <returns>A <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</returns>
 		public override string ToString() => StringHelper.GetString(ptr, CharSet.Unicode) ?? "null";
@@ -153,6 +163,11 @@ namespace Vanara.InteropServices
 		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
 		public static explicit operator IntPtr(StrPtrAnsi p) => p.ptr;
 
+		/// <summary>Performs an implicit conversion from <see cref="IntPtr"/> to <see cref="StrPtrAnsi"/>.</summary>
+		/// <param name="p">The pointer.</param>
+		/// <returns>The result of the conversion.</returns>
+		public static implicit operator StrPtrAnsi(IntPtr p) => new StrPtrAnsi { ptr = p };
+
 		/// <summary>Returns a <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</summary>
 		/// <returns>A <see cref="System.String"/> that represents this instance.</returns>
 		public override string ToString() => StringHelper.GetString(ptr, CharSet.Ansi) ?? "null";