Can't dynamically create c-style array?

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Can't dynamically create c-style array?
 
Jason Crabtree




Posts: 19
 Joined: 2007-01-23
I've got one last obstacle to getting my C++ add-in up and running. I'm using an API from some 3rd party software that uses c libraries. I need to pass a c-style array of doubles to it, but I can't create the array in my add-in. The add-in compiles okay, but it won't allocate the array when the add-in runs. I've tried:

//C++ approach
double (*data)[3] = new double [2][3];

and

//C approach
double *data;
data = (double *) calloc((size_t)(6), sizeof(double));

This might not be the appropriate forum for such a question, but I'm rewriting a previous C++ COM add-in, where the C approach above was used and worked, so it's somehow related to my add-in code. Any ideas on what's wrong? Or, is there another way to convert a System::Array to a c-style array?

Thanks
Posted 27 Jan, 2007 01:29:20 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Hi Jason.

Is the API unmanaged library? If so, you should use the Marshal.AllocHGlobal method to allocate the memory block.


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Posted 29 Jan, 2007 06:47:00 Top
Jason Crabtree




Posts: 19
 Joined: 2007-01-23
Yes, it is an unmanaged library, and yes, your suggestion worked great :D . Thanks for the quick reply again! I'm still getting the hang of working with managed C++.
Posted 30 Jan, 2007 15:00:25 Top