VB6 --> C# Binary file reading

[aldogon]

Hi, this is the code i've been trying to convert from VB6 to C#...Is there any way to avoid reading every field of the struct and reaing the whole thing? VB6 code: -------------------------------------------------------- Type Person sName as String * 12 Age as Byte Code as Long End Type private persons() as Person Sub LoadData(path As String) dim hf as long hf = FreeFile dim recs as long dim offset as long open path for binary access read lock write as #hf get #hf, 1, recs get #hf, , offset if recs > 0 redim persons(1 to recs) '' Very easy way to retrieve UDT array data get #hf, offset + 1, persons() end if End Sub C#: ------------------------------------------------------- using System; using System.IO; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; //[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] public struct Person { [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 12)] string Name; byte Age; int Code; } public class PersonReader { private Person[] persons; private void LoadData(string path) { Stream fileContents = File.Open(path, FileMode.Open); BinaryReader binReader = new BinaryReader(fileContents); int recs = binReader.ReadInt32(); int offset = binReader.ReadInt32(); binReader.BaseStream.Position = offset; //Something like this should go here: persons = binReader(...//read till the eof and convert it to Person[] :P // Instead of a code that reads each data of the struct binReader.Close(); fileContents.Close(); } }