StructLayoutAttribute Class

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

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The StructLayoutAttribute class allows the user to control the physical layout of the data fields of a class or structure.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
System::Attribute
System.Runtime.InteropServices::StructLayoutAttribute

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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The StructLayoutAttribute type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	StructLayoutAttribute	Initalizes a new instance of the StructLayoutAttribute class with the specified System.Runtime.InteropServices::LayoutKind enumeration member.

	Name	Description
	Value	Gets the LayoutKind value that specifies how the class or structure is arranged.

	Name	Description
	Equals	Infrastructure. Returns a value that indicates whether this instance is equal to a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Returns the hash code for this instance. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Match	When overridden in a derived class, returns a value that indicates whether this instance equals a specified object. (Inherited from Attribute.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

	Name	Description
	CharSet	Indicates how string data fields within the class should be marshaled as LPWSTR or LPSTR by default.
	Pack	Controls the alignment of data fields of a class or structure in memory.
	Size	Indicates the absolute size of the class or structure.