Re: Creating structures to hold data

You can achieve the same thing with a class. Also, StringBuilder allows you
to define the size of the string.

Try something this:

public class RECORD
{
public StringBuilder Reference;
public StringBuilder Description;

public RECORD()
{
Reference = new StringBuilder(5);
Description = new StringBuilder(50);
}
}

HTH
Neil

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Neil Cowburn
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"Martin Robins" <martin - robins @ ntlworld dot com> wrote in message
news:uhDrecZRDHA.2228@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I am using C# on the compact fdramework and, having seen the performance
of
> SqlCe, have decided to work with flat data files rather than trying to use
> SqlCe.
>
> Back in the days of BASIC, I was able to define a type and this could then
> be used as my record format within a flat file. However, I have tried
> creating a struct in C# and do not seem to be able to achieve the same.
>
> The MarshalAs atribute is not supported on the compact framework and as
> such, I cannot specify specific data sizes for the values, string for
> instance.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> I am looking for something like the original BASIC
>
> Type RECORD
> Reference as String * 5
> Description as String * 50
> End Type
>
> Cheers.
>
>