String to Type

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I have a question,

Suppose I have a type:

private type tpPerson
    sdFirstName as string * 25
    sdLastName as string * 25
end type

And I have a file with many records:

Bill Gates
vrgrwe breipgre

Is there a simple way to load each record into the type. I know I can do :

dim Person as tpPerson
dim MyString as string
 
while not eof(1)
    readline #1,MyString
    Person.FirstName = left(Mysting,25)
    Person.LastName = left(Mysting,25)
wend

But the type is more complex. In C this can be done with pointers, but in VB. Any idea