equivilant declaration in vb .net? (from vb6 sample)

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public cFileName As String * MAX_PATH
public cAlternate As String * 14
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Scott Emick
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[Scott Emick]

I think this is it: (added this)

<VBFixedString(MAX_PATH),System.Runtime.InteropSer vices.MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.Unm anagedType.ByValTStr,SizeConst:=MAX_PATH)>
Public cFileName As String

<VBFixedString(14),System.Runtime.InteropServices. MarshalAs(System.Runtime.InteropServices.Unmanaged Type.ByValTStr,SizeConst:=14)>
Public cAlternate As String
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public cFileName As String * MAX_PATH
public cAlternate As String * 14
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[Jeff Johnson [MVP: VB]]

"Scott Emick" <se****@ham.fox-international.com> wrote in message
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I think this is it: (added this)

<VBFixedString(MAX_PATH),System.Runtime.InteropSer vices.MarshalAs(System.Run
time.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.ByValTStr,SizeC onst:=MAX_PATH)> Public cFileName As String

<VBFixedString(14),System.Runtime.InteropServices. MarshalAs(System.Runtime.I
nteropServices.UnmanagedType.ByValTStr,SizeConst:= 14)> Public cAlternate As String

Is this recommended practice or are you better off handling/enforcing
fixed-width strings through code? It seems to me like this is just a
backwards-compatibility thing.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "news.microsoft.com" <se****@ham.fox-international.com> scripsit:

public cFileName As String * MAX_PATH
public cAlternate As String * 14

Have a look at the docs for the 'VBFixedStringAttribute' class.

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[Scott Emick]

I wouldn't normally use fixed-length strings, but I was calling a
win32 api and it required that (in the vb6 code), so I was carrying it
over to .net.

Scott

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I think this is it: (added this)

<VBFixedString(MAX_PATH),System.Runtime.InteropSer vices.MarshalAs(System.Run
time.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.ByValTStr,SizeC onst:=MAX_PATH)>

Public cFileName As String

<VBFixedString(14),System.Runtime.InteropServices. MarshalAs(System.Runtime.I
nteropServices.UnmanagedType.ByValTStr,SizeConst:= 14)>

Public cAlternate As String

Is this recommended practice or are you better off handling/enforcing
fixed-width strings through code? It seems to me like this is just a
backwards-compatibility thing.