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C# byte[] to struct packet

Trashcann · 2004-04-04T21:56:20

I need to send a struct struct _packet { public pType header; public byte[] data; }; enum pType { AwaitingRequest = 0, Transfer = 1, FileName = 2, FileSize = 3, BeginTransfer = 4, EndTransfer = 5, ReadyToRecieve = 6 }; to a socket, but the socket.Send() only accepts byte[]s. How do you suggest that I put this struct in an array of bytes? [edited by - Trashcann on April 3, 2004 5:50:47 PM]

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Started by Trashcann April 03, 2004 04:49 PM

11 comments, last by Trashcann 20 years ago

Yratelev

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April 04, 2004 08:32 AM

you could use unsafe code then cast it as you did earlier:

send( *((byte[]*)&packet)))

Yratelev

Yratelev

Synth0id

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April 04, 2004 09:38 PM

Below is a link to Chris Taylors blog that shows a few different ways, including thier pros and cons, of converting a byte to a struct and a struct to a byte.

http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/chris.taylor/archive/2004/03/13/9017.aspx

Hope it helps,
synth0id

There is no point in doing anything at all, you'll die pretty soon anyway.

Trashcann

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April 04, 2004 09:56 PM

Thanks guys, I got it working using a few casts on the individual members.

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