“Invalid field in source data: 0” error with ProtoBuf-Net and Compact Framework

Question

Is anyone aware of any issues when using ProtoBuf-Net to serialize/deserialize between compact framework and the full .Net framework? I have a class called LogData that I am se

Answer 1

I realize the main developer @MarcGravell already answered but I just wanted to share my own $0.02 that helped me on this issue. If I have a fixed size byte[] and get a count of bytes read in return, I can just specify that in the MemoryStream declaration and it solves the issue. Also, as it applies to the OP, don't declare the MemoryStream until you're done reading.

byte[] msg = new byte[4096];
int bytesRead = someStreamClass.Read(msg, 0, 4096);
using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(msg, 0, bytesRead))
{    
    logData = Serializer.Deserialize(ms);
}

@MarcGravell: Thanks for this great library!