IIRC you can simply use datatype string for that. Additionally you could use
the MarshalAs attribute but Iam not sure.

"Claire" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I need to set up an array in a struct for passing to a win32 api call .
How
> do I do this please?
> ("Name" is actually a zero terminated ascii string, so a pointer to a
> better way to do this would also be appreciated)
>
> eg
> [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
>
> public struct Details
>
> {
>
> public int UniqueID;
>
> public byte[] Name[43]; << wrong here, also should be ascii chars
>
> public eState Status;
>
> }
>
>

I need to set up an array in a struct for passing to a win32 api call . How
do I do this please?
("Name" is actually a zero terminated ascii string, so a pointer to a
better way to do this would also be appreciated)

eg
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]

public struct Details

{

public int UniqueID;

public byte[] Name[43]; << wrong here, also should be ascii chars

public eState Status;

}

"cody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> IIRC you can simply use datatype string for that. Additionally you could
> use
> the MarshalAs attribute but Iam not sure.
>

thanks for answering so quickly cody but that was all gobbledegook at my
level (I just about understood the IIRC bit)
Can you give me a code snippet or link to example please

public struct Details
{
public int UniqueID;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=43)]
public string Name;
public eState Status;
}



Mattias

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"Claire" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "cody" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > IIRC you can simply use datatype string for that. Additionally you could
> > use
> > the MarshalAs attribute but Iam not sure.
> >
>
> thanks for answering so quickly cody but that was all gobbledegook at my
> level (I just about understood the IIRC bit)
> Can you give me a code snippet or link to example please
>
>