Hallo everyone.
I am trying to call an unmanaged C++ function, that has a structure as an input parameter.
The structure is defined in the header file like this:
struct MyStruct
{
int siOrder;
char aaszNames[6][25];
int siId[6];
int siTones[6];
};
I've defined the managed structure as following:
<StructLayoutAttribute(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.[Ansi])> _
Public Structure MyStruct
Public siOrder As Integer
<MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst:=150)> _
Public aaszNames As String
<MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst:=6, ArraySubType:=UnmanagedType.I4)> _
Public siId() As Integer
<MarshalAsAttribute(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst:=6, ArraySubType:=UnmanagedType.I4)> _
Public siTones() As Integer
End Structure
The C++ dll writes to a log file when a function is called. From this log I can see that the structure cannot be resolved.
My issues are the following:
a) Marshal.SizeOf(MyStruct) is computed as 204, but as I can see, the size seems to be: 4 + 150 + 6*4 + 6*4 = 202 bytes. What are these two extra bytes, and where are they supposed to be padded?
b) How should I populate the aaszNames field? The C++ expects 6 rows of 25 character long strings, but my individual values are of less length (eg "John", "Robert", etc). How should I concatenate the string?
Could anyone give me a hint about these issues?
3 1746 Banfa 9,065
Expert Mod 8TB
a) I suspect you are getting 2 bytes of padding after the array aaszNames so that siId appears on a 4 byte boundary. Note that 150 + 4 = 154 is not a 4 byte boundary. A 32 bit machine is going to prefer having its 32bit values on 4 byte (32 bit) boundaries.
b) Since aaszNames looks like it is supposed to be an array of C style zero terminated strings you should copy your strings into the array and write a zero terminate (character value 0) at the end of every string. If you get a string > 24 characters you will need to truncate it to 24 characters to leave room for the zero terminator.
Thnx for answering Banfa.
a)Yes, these two bytes make sense to me now! So, I suppose I should not alter anything in my declaration, and leave .NET do the trick, correct?
b) Do you suggest I should declare aaszNames as one dimensional char array with 150 length, including a null terminator after each string? Although I have tried that, with no success, I'll give it a try again. Maybe I did something wrong ;)
Well, I tried once more declaring aaszNames as one dimensional char array with 150 length, but again, no luck...
I'm stuck...
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