Converting Object to byte[]

[maya7]

Hi,

I need to send byte[] msg through UDP protocol.
I'm not sure what is the best way to convert Object to Byte[].

If I use serialization, I'll need to desirialize this on the receiver side, correct??

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter ();
bf.Serialize(ms , obj);
ms.ToArray();

I don't have the source code of the receiver, so how can I do it right?

Thanks

[Plater]

If you don't have the code for the receiver, how do you know what to send to it?

[maya7]

I have ICD. I know the structure of the message that server expects to receive.

[Plater]

Hmm, well I guess you would be better suited to hand-build those byte[] messages then, since unless you "guess and check", you might not ever have the correct serialized version of the object

[maya7]

Thanks, that what I did, it worked.