C#

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// Some & and * have to be added to next code to say we are working with references<br />
MyClass myCl = new MyClass();<br />
byte[] array = meCl; // this operation is allowed fo references<br />
// coping this array to new one or sending it as is through TCP socet<br />

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    public struct myStuct<br />
    {<br />
        public byte myByte1;<br />
        public byte myByte2;<br />
        public ushort myUshort1;<br />
        public ushort myUshort2;<br />
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        private const int MY_SIZE = 6;<br />
        public static byte[] ToByteArray(myStuct source)<br />
        {<br />
            // Allocating an unmanagement memory for marshaling<br />
            IntPtr pointer = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocHGlobal(MY_SIZE);<br />
            // Copying instance to allocated memory<br />
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.StructureToPtr(source, pointer, false);<br />
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            byte[] result = new byte[MY_SIZE];<br />
            // Coping filled memory to byte array<br />
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(pointer, result, 0, MY_SIZE);<br />
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            return result;<br />
        }<br />
<br />
        public static myStuct FromByteArray(byte[] source)<br />
        {<br />
            if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("Source array can not be null");<br />
            if (source.Length != MY_SIZE) throw new ArgumentException("Source array's size has to be " + MY_SIZE + " bytes");<br />
<br />
            // Allocating an unmanagement memory for marshaling<br />
            IntPtr pointer = System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.AllocHGlobal(MY_SIZE);<br />
            // Coping byte array to allocated memory<br />
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(source, 0, pointer, MY_SIZE);<br />
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            // Creating instance from unmanagment memory<br />
            myStuct result = (myStuct)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.PtrToStructure(pointer, typeof(myStuct));<br />
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            return result;<br />
        }<br />
    }<br />

julgri wrote:

but for some reason they whant it to be done this way.

julgri wrote:

Is there any way to do that?

julgri wrote:

I also need the Min and Max to be set, so the user knows the bounds.

Satips wrote:

For Conversion of String to Byte Array go like this,

public static byte[] StrToByteArray(string str)
{
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding encoding=new System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
return encoding.GetBytes(str);
}

String fixString = "Whateever";<br />
string[] fixArray = fixString.Split(Convert.ToChar(1)); <br />
//I used 1 because FIX message uses this as delimiter...<br />
HashTable fixTable = new HashTable();<br />
string[] fieldArray = null;<br />
for (int fieldCount = 1; fieldCount < message.Length; fieldCount++)<br />
{<br />
fieldArray = fixArray[fieldCount].Split('=');<br />
fixTable.Add(fieldArray[0].ToString(), fieldArray[1].ToString()); <br />
}