How to: Object to pointer/handle and pointer/handle to Object

[Johann]

Hi,
I'm using message queue and would like to know how do I return a IntPtr to
the MessageQueue object I created in
IntPtr MessageQueueCreate(string name){
MessageQueue mq = new MessageQueue.Create(".\Private$\"+name);
return ??
....
}

and How do I use that IntPtr to get back the object (to enqueue a message)
MessageQueueEnqueue(IntPtr ptr, Message mes){
....
}
Thx,

Johann

 

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

oh that's bad. because your pointer isn't guaranteed to point to the same
block of memory since it is pushed into another process (queue) and may run
on another machine. Instead, you really should move the data itself into the
queue. I can certainly see why it is more efficient to move a pointer around
instead of the actual data but it just isn't safe without a lot of thought
going into the design.