StrPtr - Converting from VB 6.0 to VB.Net

Hi, I am trying to convert a code from VB 6.0 to VB.Net, but there is one function that seems to cause a hang up. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have placed the VB 6.0 code here, and I have tried running/building it in VB.Net but .Net does not seem to read the StrPtr function. Can anyone help me out? or convert this code for me? Thank you very much.


Public Sub SendScriptToArcPad(ByRef strScript As String)

Dim cds As COPYDATASTRUCT
cds.dwData = 1
cds.cbData = Len(strScript) + 2

cds.lpdata = StrPtr(strScript) ' HERE IS THE PROBLEM!

Call SendMessage(hArcPad, WM_COPYDATA, VariantType.Null, cds)
Call ShowWindow(hArcPad, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)

End Sub

We would probably need to see more of the code to help you.

Reason being that StrPtr simply doesn't exist anymore in VB on the .net platform. You can probably still do whatever you are trying to do, but the code may be totally different to do it.

Ok Matt, thanks for looking at this. Here is the whole code (it was written in VB 6.0 and I am trying to run it in VB.Net). The error is near the bottom (where I use StrPtr).



Option Strict Off
Option Explicit On
Module VBWin32

Public Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA"(ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String) As Integer

Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageW" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal wMsg As Integer, ByVal wParam As Integer, ByRef Param As Object) As Integer

Public Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Integer, ByVal nCmdShow As Integer) As Integer


'Win32 API Constants
Public Const WM_COPYDATA As Short = &H4As
Public Const SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED As Short = 3
Public Const WM_APP As Short = &H8000s

'ArcPad API Constants
Public Const APCLASS As String = "AfxArcPad Class"
Public Const WM_ARCPAD As Integer = WM_APP + &H100s

'Handle to the ArcPad Window
Public hArcPad As Integer

'UDT for COPYDATA structure
Public Structure COPYDATASTRUCT
Dim dwData As Integer
Dim cbData As Integer
Dim lpdata As Integer
End Structure


Public Function IsArcPadRunning() As Object

'****Returns True if ArcPad is currently running********
'****Returns False is ArcPad is not currently running***


'hArcPad is declared as a public variable
hArcPad = FindWindow(APCLASS, vbNullString)

If hArcPad = 0 Then 'UPGRADE_WARNING: Couldn't resolve default property of object IsArcPadRunning. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1037"'

IsArcPadRunning = False
MsgBox("ArcPad is not currently running!", MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "ArcPad Not Running")

Else
'UPGRADE_WARNING: Couldn't resolve default property of object IsArcPadRunning. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1037"'

IsArcPadRunning = True
End If
End Function

Public Sub SendScriptToArcPad(ByRef strScript As String)
Dim cds As COPYDATASTRUCT
cds.dwData = 1
'UPGRADE_ISSUE: LenB function is not supported. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1040"'

cds.cbData = Len(strScript) + 2

'UPGRADE_ISSUE: StrPtr function is not supported. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1040"'

cds.lpdata = StrPtr(strScript)
'Send the script to ArcPad
'UPGRADE_WARNING: Couldn't resolve default property of object cds. Click for more: 'ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/commoner/redir/redirect.htm?keyword="vbup1037"'

Call SendMessage(hArcPad, WM_COPYDATA, VariantType.Null, cds)
'Maximize the ArcPad window

Call ShowWindow(hArcPad, SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED)
End Sub
End Module