If u put it this way, then, it is how to encode and decode the data. But remembering that I can’t use the serialization option that .net gives me. Meaning, converting a structure to a Byte array and the other way around.

First of all, thank u all!!! Let me tell u the all story. What I need to do is to send a message over the net. So, I have this structure (which is the message to be sent), and then I have to send it (somehow…) Then, I receive a message which I have to decode and then, according to the header, I parse it back to a structure which I will use in the program. I know that for some of u readers it may seem like a dumb question, but since it is my first time that I have to deal with communication, please accept my ignorance. Much appreciated

U right What I need to do is this: Take a structure and send over a TCP/IP to a client/server on the other side. The problem: I need to transform the structure to an array of bytes which I don’t know how. I can't do this with the serialize function since the other side may or may not have the unserialize function. I tried to do this with casting but it didn’t work. I tried to do this with union' but u can't make an array inside a structure. I tried to do it whit unmanaged code, but the Socket class will accept only managed Byte array. There, I told u all I know. Can u help me?

Hello! I need to send a structure via TCP/IP withuot using serialization! since the other side is unknown i cant use this feature. thanks

Hello all! In order to send a structure with the SerialPort Without using the serialization methods, I was needed to create a union that contains a struct and a byte array, both with offset 0. I can’t seem to find a way to create an array inside a managed struct (managed union). The problem is that the SerialPort->Write(…) function wont take an unmanaged array as the input.:mad: Can anyone help?:confused:

Back in the good old VB6 there where the Shape and the Line controls, which were very useful. They seemed to disappear in the VB7 and the C#. Does any one know what happened to them?