Converting a VB6 module to VB.NET

Question

I'm almost done converting a module from VB6 to VB.NET, but I'm having trouble with the following 2 quotes and am wondering if there's any way to go about this:

Structure AUDINPUTARRAY
    bytes(5000) As Byte
End Structure

I'm trying to change that bytes line to: Dim bytes(5000) as Byte but it's not letting me define the size in a structure.

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Here's the second one:

Private i As Integer, j As Integer, msg As String * 200, hWaveIn As integer

I haven't a clue on how to convert: msg As String * 200

Answer 1

you cannot declare an initial size in VB.Net , you can set its size later using Redim statement in constructor or wherever needed

Structure AUDINPUTARRAY
    Public bytes() As Byte
    Public Sub New(ByVal size As Integer)
        ReDim bytes(size) ' set size=5000

    End Sub


End Structure

In Visual Basic .NET, you cannot declare a string to have a fixed length unless you use the VBFixedStringAttribute Class attribute in the declaration. The code in the preceding example causes an error.

You declare a string without a length. When your code assigns a value to the string, the length of the value determines the length of the string see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f47b0zy4%28v=vs.71%29.aspx . so your declarration will become

    Private i As Integer, j As Integer, hWaveIn As Integer
    <VBFixedString(200)> Private msg As String