如何在C＃.NET中实现CopyMemory（VB6）？

Question

I have a line of code:

Dim buf(1 To 255) As Byte

          a$ = "hello"   

Call CopyMemory(buf(1), ByVal a$, Len(a$))

I want to execute it in C#.NET. What is the alternative for the above line in C#.NET?

Answer 1

string aString = "hello";
byte[] theBytes = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(aString);

See Encoding.GetBytes and Encoding.Default

Answer 2

I have managed to solve this issue:-

string aString = text;
            byte[] theBytes = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(aString);
//to copy to memory use the following:-
            // Marshal the managed struct to a native block of memory.
            int myStructSize = theBytes.Length;
            IntPtr pMyStruct = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(myStructSize);
            try
            {
                Marshal.Copy(theBytes, 0, pMyStruct, myStructSize);

...........
}

This can then be picked up from the memory by other application..