CDotNetGetArrayElementType

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int CDotNetGetArrayElementType (CDotNetHandle array, unsigned int *typeId, CDotNetAssemblyHandle *assembly, char **elementTypeName);

Purpose

Returns the ID, assembly, and name of the element type of a .NET array.

Input
Name	Type	Description
array	CDotNetHandle	The handle of the .NET array.
Output
Name	Type	Description
typeId	unsigned int	The ID of the .NET array element type. This function outputs one of the following IDs: CDOTNET_STRING CDOTNET_BOOLEAN CDOTNET_BYTE CDOTNET_SBYTE CDOTNET_INT16 CDOTNET_INT32 CDOTNET_INT64 CDOTNET_UINT16 CDOTNET_UINT32 CDOTNET_UINT64 CDOTNET_SINGLE CDOTNET_DOUBLE CDOTNET_DECIMAL CDOTNET_CHAR CDOTNET_INTPTR CDOTNET_ENUM CDOTNET_OBJECT CDOTNET_STRUCT For jagged arrays (arrays of arrays), the elements are themselves arrays, and so the ID is the type logically ORed (\|) with CDOTNET_ARRAY. You can pass NULL for this parameter.
assembly	CDotNetAssemblyHandle	The handle of the .NET assembly that defines the .NET array element type. For primitive types, this will be the handle to the mscorlib assembly. You can pass NULL for this parameter if you do not want this information.
elementTypeName	char *	Pass the address of a char * variable in which to store the name of the .NET array element type. When you finish using the name, you must call CDotNetFreeMemory to free it. You can pass NULL for this parameter.

Name	Type	Description
status	int	A value indicating whether an error occurred. Negative error codes indicate function failure. Error codes are defined in cvi\include\cvidotnet.h. You can use CDotNetGetErrorDescription to get the description of an error code.

Library: .NET Library

Include file: cvidotnet.h

LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 8.0 and later