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How do you Marshal a structure that contains an array of characters

I am trying to get the size of a structure that has an array of
characters using the Marshal::SizeOf ( ) method. The Marshal::SizeOf
method fails because it says no meaningful size can be computer.

Is it possible to Marshal a structure that as an array of objects?

Here is my structure:

[System::Runtime ::InteropServic es::StructLayou t(System::Runti me::InteropServ ices::LayoutKin d::Sequential,
Pack=1, CharSet = CharSet::Ansi)]
public ref struct CONFIG_File_s2
{
System::UInt32 CONFIG_Version; // CONFIG version number
System::Byte AMType; // Application Module Type
[System::Runtime ::InteropServic es::MarshalAs(S ystem::Runtime: :InteropService s::UnmanagedTyp e::ByValTStr,
SizeConst =10 )]
array<System::C har>^ name;

CONFIG_File_s2( )
{
name = gcnew array<System::C har>(10);
}
};

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