I need to get Data from a C DLL to a C# Application. Here is the error :
Cannot marshal field 'Counters' of type 'KnittingWago.Common.WAGO_DATA_TO_USER_T': Invalid managed/unmanaged type combination (Array fields must be paired with ByValArray or SafeArray).
Here is the DLL .h
#define WAGO_NB_COUNTERS_C 80
#define WAGO_NB_ENCODERS_C 10
struct WAGO_DATA_TO_USER_T
{
unsigned int Counters[WAGO_NB_COUNTERS_C];
int Encoders[WAGO_NB_ENCODERS_C];
unsigned int Weight;
bool CalibrationValid;
bool LastCalibrationFailed;
};
Here is the C# Struct declaration :
const int WAGO_NB_COUNTERS_C = 80;
const int WAGO_NB_ENCODERS_C = 10;
struct WAGO_DATA_TO_USER_T
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4, SizeConst = GlobalConstant.WAGO_NB_COUNTERS_C)]
UInt32[] Counters;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4, SizeConst = GlobalConstant.WAGO_NB_ENCODERS_C)]
Int32[] Encoders;
UInt32 Weight;
Boolean CalibrationValid;
Boolean LastCalibrationFailed;
};
How do I declare the C# struct to get the rigth data without error ?
Thanks
EDIT :
I've rewrite the Struct as :
internal struct WAGO_DATA_TO_USER_T
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = GlobalConstant.WAGO_NB_COUNTERS_C)]
UInt32[] Counters;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = GlobalConstant.WAGO_NB_ENCODERS_C)]
Int32[] Encoders;
UInt32 Weight;
Boolean CalibrationValid;
Boolean LastCalibrationFailed;
};
No more Error, but the Values are not as expected.
Should be like :
Counter[0] = ~ 5000
Counter[1] = ~ 30000
Counter[2-79] = 0
Really are :
Counter[0] = 40
Counter[1] = 1080228
Counter[2] = 82964616
Counter[3-79] = All have a non-zero value
The Marshalling was correct but the Device I was calling was not initialized by the external unmanaged dll. So I was reading uninitialisez memory that lead to that unvalid data