I have a dll returning a pointer to a block of memory which is a single
block two dimensional
array.  Is there a way to type cast this pointer so that it would be
possible to work on values from that array? Even a type-cast to a one
dimensional array would do fine...

Thanks!
Janez

Hope this helps:

In the Dll
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        Int32[,] intArray;
        public Int32[,] MyArray()
        {
            intArray=new Int32[2,2];
            for (int i=0;i<2;i++)
            {
                for (int j=0;j<2;j++)
                {
                    intArray[i,j]=(i*100)+j;
                }
            }

            return intArray;
        }

In Client Application
=================

            Int32[,] array;
            ClassLibrary1.Class1 cls=new ClassLibrary1.Class1();
            array=cls.MyArray();
            for (int i=array.GetLowerBound(0);i<=array.GetUpperBound(0);i++)
            {
                for(int
j=array.GetLowerBound(1);j<=array.GetUpperBound(1);j++)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(array[i,j].ToString());
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("GetLowerBound(0): " +
array.GetLowerBound(0));
            Console.WriteLine("GetUpperBound(0): " +
array.GetUpperBound(0));
            Console.WriteLine("GetLowerBound(1): " +
array.GetLowerBound(1));
            Console.WriteLine("GetUpperBound(1): " +
array.GetUpperBound(1));
        }

If I misunderstood your concerns, please correct me.

Thanks,

Felix Wu
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What I had in my mind was
a way to typecast a pointer returned
from a dll by the GetMem procedure.
(typecast a unmanaged pointer to a managed one
without copying the array.)

Thanks!
Janez.

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