Static String Array Initialization in MC++

[rmathieu@cae.com]

Hi, I want to initialize a static String array in MC++. What I want to
do is to initialize my String array like the C# way: new String[]
{"11", "22"} but I could not find an equivalent in MC++. The onlu
thing I can do is this: new String*[2] but I cannot specified any
initial values... Did someone have any ideas???

Here is an example of what I want to do:
C#
struct TestingStruct
{
public String a;
public String[] b;

public TestingStruct( String aa, String[] bb )
{
a = aa;
b = bb;
}
};

TestingStruct[] Test1 =
{ new TestingStruct(" abc", new String[] {"11", "22"}),
new TestingStruct(" def", new String[] {"33", "44"})
};

MC++
__gc struct TestingStruct
{
String* a;
String* b[];

TestingStruct( String* aa, String* bb[] )
{
a = aa;
b = bb;
}
};

static TestingStruct* Test1[] =
{ new TestingStruct(" AF", new String*[2]), // This is working but
how can I add initial values???
new TestingStruct(" BC", new String*[2]) // This is working but
how can I add initial values???
};

Any help will be appreciated...

Remi

[Antti Keskinen]

Re: Static String Array Initialization in MC++

Hi !

The answer is simple: you can't. Here's an exerpt from the C/C++ Library
Reference on MSDN:'

"Provides a value for the initialized object. Initializers cannot be
specified for arrays. The new operator will create arrays of objects only if
the class has a default constructor."

The code you posted cannot be used in the way you describe. Instead, create
a static function that takes the struct count, the string count and an array
of strings, then initializes the strings by using a for-loop. The function
returns a pointer to the first struct, and through a parameter it returns
the amount of structures actually initialized.

-Antti Keskinen


<rmathieu@cae.c om> wrote in message
news:1116945364 .200309.324480@ z14g2000cwz.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> Hi, I want to initialize a static String array in MC++. What I want to
> do is to initialize my String array like the C# way: new String[]
> {"11", "22"} but I could not find an equivalent in MC++. The onlu
> thing I can do is this: new String*[2] but I cannot specified any
> initial values... Did someone have any ideas???
>
> Here is an example of what I want to do:
> C#
> struct TestingStruct
> {
> public String a;
> public String[] b;
>
> public TestingStruct( String aa, String[] bb )
> {
> a = aa;
> b = bb;
> }
> };
>
> TestingStruct[] Test1 =
> { new TestingStruct(" abc", new String[] {"11", "22"}),
> new TestingStruct(" def", new String[] {"33", "44"})
> };
>
> MC++
> __gc struct TestingStruct
> {
> String* a;
> String* b[];
>
> TestingStruct( String* aa, String* bb[] )
> {
> a = aa;
> b = bb;
> }
> };
>
> static TestingStruct* Test1[] =
> { new TestingStruct(" AF", new String*[2]), // This is working but
> how can I add initial values???
> new TestingStruct(" BC", new String*[2]) // This is working but
> how can I add initial values???
> };
>
> Any help will be appreciated...
>
> Remi
>[/color]

[Tamas Demjen]

Re: Static String Array Initialization in MC++

rmathieu@cae.co m wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi, I want to initialize a static String array in MC++. What I want to
> do is to initialize my String array like the C# way: new String[]
> {"11", "22"} but I could not find an equivalent in MC++. The onlu
> thing I can do is this: new String*[2] but I cannot specified any
> initial values... Did someone have any ideas???[/color]

In C++/CLI you can do it now. Of course you have two choices: either use
Beta product, or don't initialize arrays. The VC++ 2003 form designer
can't initialize arrays either, but VC++ 2005 can and does.

Tom