Re: How to convert string to SecureString?

"Bishoy George" <bishoy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I want to pass a string password in System.Diagnostics.Process.Start.

The problem is that the defined password parameter is SecureString
not string while my password is string.

Normal casting evaluates to errors.

Please how to cast string to SecureString?

Many Thanks in Advance.

Bishoy



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I found a simple way:

char[] passwordChars = passwordPre.ToCharArray();

SecureString password = new SecureString();

foreach (char c in passwordChars)

{

password.AppendChar(c);

}


.

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