IInternetProtocol's Read method (pulling my hair out)

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biogates@yahoo.com - 13 Dec 2004 16:15 GMT

I'm writing a small app in C# and I managed to let the browser call my
IInternetProtocol's Start and Read methods.
Problem is: I can't pass the data back to IE.

I have tried various signatures for Read, including:

public int Read(
IntPtr pv,
int cb,
out IntPtr pcbRead
);

public int Read(
byte[] pv,
int cb,
out uint pcbRead
);

and all the combinations in between.
IE keeps saying "Action cancelled" or nothing at all (blank page).

Read returns 0 if further data is available, 1 if data is over, and
it's prepared to get further notifications after data is finished.

I can't really figure out how I should stuff data in pv and pcbRead, so
they result back in IE.
If someone can give out any clues, any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Mirco

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Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP] - 13 Dec 2004 16:21 GMT

Mirco,

Part of the problem is the interface definition. There are two things
you need to do. The first is to use the PreserveSig attribute, so that it
will take the return value as an HRESULT. Your method (on the interface)
should look like this:

[PreserveSig]
[return:MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Error)]
int Read(
IntPtr pv,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] cb,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] ref pcbRead);

Notice the ref on the last parameter as well. This should work once you
define it this way.

Hope this helps.

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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mvp@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

> I'm writing a small app in C# and I managed to let the browser call my
> IInternetProtocol's Start and Read methods.
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> Mirco

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biogates@yahoo.com - 14 Dec 2004 12:08 GMT

Nicholas,
Thank you for replying to my post.
Indeed I think that was part of the problem, I followed your advice,
but still no luck with passing data back to IE.
I suspect there's a problem in the way I handle IntPtr and byte[].
Can you find something wrong with something even as simple as this?

public int Read(
IntPtr pv,
uint cb,
ref uint pcbRead
)
{
...

string str = "This is a silly attempt";

for (int k = 0; k < str.Length; k++)
{
((byte *)pv.ToPointer())[k] = (byte)(str[k]);
}
}

Thanks,
Mirco

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