Fixed length strings or structures in C#

Question

I need to create a structure or series of strings that are fixed lenght for a project I am working on. Currently it is written in COBOL and is a communication application. I

Answer 1

Add the MarshalAs tag to your structure. Here is an example:

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Public Structure OSVERSIONINFO
    Public dwOSVersionInfoSize As Integer
    Public dwMajorVersion As Integer
    Public dwMinorVersion As Integer
    Public dwBuildNumber As Integer
    Public dwPlatformId As Integer

     _
    Public szCSDVersion As String
End Structure

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