C# How to define new pointer struct?

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This structure is define at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff541621%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

typedef struct _FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER {
  ULONG     ReplyLength;
  ULONGLONG MessageId;
} FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER, *PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER;

I defined it in C# code as below:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER {
      public uint replyLength;
      public ulong messageId;
};

I only define FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER in C# code, PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER isn't.

How should I do to define PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER??

P/S: I want to define PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER to use this struct in a function.

Mitch · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-10 08:14:50Z

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You don't have to (can't) define PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER. Just specify it as either out or ref as appropriate.

[DllImport("foo")]
void SomeMethod(ref FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER lpMessageBuffer);

If you are specifically interested in FilterGetMessage, I'm not sure what if any dll it is exported from, but one possible signature would be as below:

[DllImport(fltmgr, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling=true, PreserveSig=false)]
void FilterGetMessage(
    CommunicationPortSafeHandle hPort, 
    ref FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER lpMessageBuffer,
    uint dwMessageBufferSize,
    IntPtr lpOverlapped);

I used PreserveSig to automatically translate the HRESULT to an exception in the event of failure, the CharSet specification is defensive and results in the need for ExactSpelling. CommunicationPortSafeHandle would be a class which inherits from SafeHandleMinusOneIsInvalid based off of the documentation on FilterConnectCommunicationPort.

You would use this signature as:

FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER header;
FilterGetMessage(hFilter, ref header, 
    Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER)), IntPtr.Zero);

edited Jan 10, 2015 at 8:14

answered Jan 10, 2015 at 7:33

Mitch

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GSP Over a year ago

This is FilterGetMessage (msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/…). PFILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER is its parameter's type. Following you: If I change to C#, I just use out FILTER_MESSAGE_HEADER. Is it right?

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