For Example: Step1: Defining a string in VS String Table ID Value CaptionIDS_STRTEST 101 How to use string defined in String Table Step2 Test it in a CLI Console Application #include " atlbase.h " #include " resource.h " int main(array < System::String ^> ^ args) ... { // Declare a CComBSTR object CComBSTR bsTableString; // load string from string table bsTableString.LoadString ( IDS_STRTEST ); // Convert the string into an ANSI string CW2CT szMyString( bsTableString ); // Display the ANSI string MessageBox( NULL, szMyString, _T("String Test"), MB_OK ); return 0;}