}                                                endtype

}                                              endtype

>Converting C Structures to Visual Basic
>I am trying to convert a network program written in C to Visual Basic.
>I have a C structure which I have converted to a VB type dec. with no
>problems.  However, another C structure points to the address of the first
>structure as one of its elements, as shown below:
>struct Struct1                  in VB...
>{                                                type Test1
>   Dummy    integer;              Dummy as integer
>   Dummy1   integer;              Dummy1 as integer
>}                                                endtype
>struct Struct2
>{                                               type Test2
>   Dummy    integer               Dummy as integer
>   Pointer  &Struct1              Pointer as ????????
>}                                              endtype
>OK I realise that the above code is very poor C (and probably would never compile!)
>but I hope it explains what I am trying to achieve in VB.
>What type do I declare Pointer as in the VB type dec.  It is an address to another
>structure (near in C) but I am not sure how to declare it to allow me to load a value
>into it with a line such as:
>global Temp1 as Test1
>global Temp2 as Test2
>Temp2.Pointer=Temp1     *** this will not work but it should load the address of
>                                                 *** Temp1 into Temp2.Pointer
>If anyone has any suggestions as to how I may achieve the above, I would be most
>grateful to receive them.

>Many thanks
>Paul Gower