CopyMemory in VB.NET

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Shayne H - 27 Sep 2003 23:23 GMT

This code copies the binary representation of an integer value <size> to an
array of bytes (I think)
I get the feeling there would be a .NET way of doing this. I looked in the
Marshal class, but didn't quite get what I want.
Anyone know any good sources on casting data for API calls in VB.NET? I
would greatly appreciate any pointers here.

Dim b() As Byte
Dim size As Integer

ReDim b(3)
size =600
CopyMemory b(0), size, 4

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Thanks for any help,
Shayne H

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Mattias Sj?gren - 27 Sep 2003 23:29 GMT

>I get the feeling there would be a .NET way of doing this.

Yep, use the BitConverter class.

Mattias

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Christine Nguyen - 27 Sep 2003 23:58 GMT

You're looking for the BitConverter Class which works something like below.

dim b() as Byte
dim Size as Integer

Redim b(3) as Byte
b = BitConverter.GetBytes(Size)

> This code copies the binary representation of an integer value <size> to an
> array of bytes (I think)
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> Thanks for any help,
> Shayne H

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