Calling from C# to C function which accept a struct array allocated by caller
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I have the following C struct
struct XYZ
{
void            *a;
char            fn[MAX_FN];     
unsigned long   l;          
unsigned long   o;  
};
And I want to call the following function from C#:
extern "C"  int     func(int handle, int *numEntries, XYZ *xyzTbl);
Where xyzTbl is an array of XYZ of size numEntires which is allocated by the caller
I have defined the following C# struct:
    [System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet.Ansi)]
    public struct XYZ
    {
        public System.IntPtr rva;
        [System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 128)]
        public string fn;
        public uint l;
        public uint o;
    }
and a method:
 [System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport(@"xyzdll.dll", 
     CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 public static extern Int32 func(Int32 handle, ref Int32 numntries,
     [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] XYZ[] arr);
Then I try to call the function :
XYZ xyz = new XYZ[numEntries];
for (...) xyz[i] = new XYZ();
func(handle,numEntries,xyz);
Of course it does not work. Can someone shed light on what I am doing wrong ?
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