C++ CX - Convert Windows::Storage::Streams::Buffer to Platform::String

Question

If I have some readable data/bytes stored within a Windows::Storage::Streams::Buffer object - what would be the best way to convert this into a Platform::String so that I can pass it to another API?

Is using the static method DataReader::FromBuffer and then using LoadAsync the way to go?

Answer 1

The documentation shows that CrytographicBuffer is one of the more useful concrete types that can be used for stream I/O, and it has functions for conversion to/from strings.

Examples here on MSDN