How do I parse a polyline metafile record out of a byte array?

Question

I need a little help in defining the following Windows GDI type in C#. I have the data in the form of a byte[] in C#, and I need to somehow marshal or cast it as the following in C#. I suppose I need to define the proper struct? This is the type:

NAME

META_POLYLINE

NEAREST API CALL

#include <windows.h>
BOOL32 Polyline
(
    HDC32 hdc,
    const POINT32 *pt,
    INT32 count
);

DESCRIPTION

    U16 array no                Value
    --------------------------- --------------
    0                           no of points
    1 each odd until the end    x of the point
    2 each even until the end   y of the point

A polyline is a list of points. Unlike a polygon, a polyline is always unfilled, and can be open.

Answer 1

Have you looked at the Polyline entry on PInvoke.net yet?

Answer 2

Okay, a metafile record for a polyline... You might want to try doing a Buffer.BlockCopy from the byte array to a UInt16 array.

Answer 3

byte[] buffer;
fixed (byte* b = buffer)
{
   ushort* ptr = (ushort*)b;
   int count = (int)*ptr;
   var points = new Point[count];
   for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
   {
       int x = (int)*(++ptr);
       int y = (int)*(++ptr);
       points[i] = new Point(x, y);
   }
}

(Untested)