How do I return the MIB_IPFORWARDROW
array?
struct MIB_IPFORWARDTABLE
{
public uint Size;
[MarshalAs(/* what goes here? */)]
public IPFORWARDROW[] Table;
};
[DllImport("iphlpapi", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private static extern int GetIpForwardTable(
IntPtr /* MIB_IPFORWARDTABLE* */ pIpForwardTable,
ref uint /* ULONG* */ pdwSize,
bool bOrder);
public static MIB_IPFORWARDROW[] Temp()
{
var fwdTable = IntPtr.Zero;
uint size = 0;
var result = GetIpForwardTable(fwdTable, ref size, true);
fwdTable = Marshal.AllocHGlobal((int) size);
result = GetIpForwardTable(fwdTable, ref size, true);
/*
what now ?
I tried:
var table = (MIB_IPFORWARDTABLE) Marshal.PtrToStructure(fwdTable, typeof(MIB_IPFORWARDTABLE));
but table.Table is always null
*/
}
(See GetIpForwardTable)
I've seen this:
How do I marshal a struct that contains a variable-sized array to C#?
But whatever I do, fwdTable.Table is always null, IntPtr.Zero or 0. That is ofcourse, if no Exception is thrown..
This thread seems to be exactly what you are looking for: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/19a3ce21-e395-4151-86f6-723a64272f0d/calling-getipforwardtable-from-c?forum=csharpgeneral
Their solution employs a brute force loop to copy the raw array into a System.Array of IPFORWARDROW.
The final code would look something like this:
[ComVisible(false), StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct IPForwardTable
{
public uint Size;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 1)]
public IPFORWARDROW[] Table;
};
[ComVisible(false), StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
internal struct IPFORWARDROW
{
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardDest;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMask;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardPolicy;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardNextHop;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardIfIndex;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardType;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardProto;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardAge;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardNextHopAS;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMetric1;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMetric2;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMetric3;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMetric4;
internal int /*DWORD*/ dwForwardMetric5;
};
[DllImport("iphlpapi", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private extern static int GetIpForwardTable(IntPtr /*PMIB_IPFORWARDTABLE*/ pIpForwardTable, ref int /*PULONG*/ pdwSize, bool bOrder);
[DllImport("iphlpapi", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
private extern static int CreateIpForwardEntry(IntPtr /*PMIB_IPFORWARDROW*/ pRoute);
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var fwdTable = IntPtr.Zero;
int size = 0;
var result = GetIpForwardTable(fwdTable, ref size, true);
fwdTable = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
result = GetIpForwardTable(fwdTable, ref size, true);
var str = (IPForwardTable)Marshal.PtrToStructure(fwdTable, typeof(IPForwardTable));
IPFORWARDROW[] table = new IPFORWARDROW[str.Size];
IntPtr p = fwdTable + Marshal.SizeOf(str.Size);
for (int i = 0; i < str.Size; ++i)
{
table[i] = (IPFORWARDROW)Marshal.PtrToStructure(p, typeof(IPFORWARDROW));
p += Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(IPFORWARDROW));
}
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(fwdTable);
}