Curtis360it
IS-IT--Management
I have some code that needs to get the pointer to an object. The code is asking for a "pFileTo" object. Anyone have a suggestion?
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How to get ptr in VB.Net
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VB.Net is (imo) kinda "funky" on this point.
Say you do something like
I have found instances where b now contains "other stuff", which leads me to want to think that there is some "pointer-ism" stuff going on. These have been in loop situations where i usually miss a "Dim b as New String"
Can you give a better definition, or show some code, to explain what you are trying to do?
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Say you do something like
Code:
Dim a, b as string
a = new string("stuff")
b=a
a="other stuff"I have found instances where b now contains "other stuff", which leads me to want to think that there is some "pointer-ism" stuff going on. These have been in loop situations where i usually miss a "Dim b as New String"
Can you give a better definition, or show some code, to explain what you are trying to do?
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Curtis360it
IS-IT--Management
Basically the code is something like:
FileTo.Invoke(<hwndwindow as integer>,<pFileTo as object>)
FileTo.Invoke(<hwndwindow as integer>,<pFileTo as object>)
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Curtis360it
IS-IT--Management
Yea,I was hoping there was a crossover I could use. Thanks for the help!
computerjin
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Curtis360it,
Try looking at System.IntPtr structure in .NET documentation.
It is a platform-specific type that is used to represent a pointer or a handle in .NET. The IntPtr type is designed to be an integer whose size is platform-specific. That is, an instance of this type is expected to be 32-bits on 32-bit hardware and operating systems, and 64-bits on 64-bit hardware and operating systems.
The IntPtr type can be used by languages that support pointers, and as a common means of referring to data between languages that do and do not support pointers.
IntPtr objects can also be used to hold handles. For example, instances of IntPtr are used extensively in the System.IO.FileStream class to hold file handles.
Hope it helps you and solves your problem.
Try looking at System.IntPtr structure in .NET documentation.
It is a platform-specific type that is used to represent a pointer or a handle in .NET. The IntPtr type is designed to be an integer whose size is platform-specific. That is, an instance of this type is expected to be 32-bits on 32-bit hardware and operating systems, and 64-bits on 64-bit hardware and operating systems.
The IntPtr type can be used by languages that support pointers, and as a common means of referring to data between languages that do and do not support pointers.
IntPtr objects can also be used to hold handles. For example, instances of IntPtr are used extensively in the System.IO.FileStream class to hold file handles.
Hope it helps you and solves your problem.
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