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Unexpected results while marshaling list of struct

I could not find out what I'm doing wrong. I think I'm doing everything by the numbers, but it looks like I'm missing something.
On the managed side:
public override List<TimerPair> GetNativeTimers()
{
var listPtr = HgrDll.GetNativeTimers(out var size, out var ptrShift);
if (listPtr == IntPtr.Zero)
throw new NullReferenceException("sounds like the list"
+ " pointer was not given");
var timerPairList = new List<TimerPair>(size);
var structSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(TimerPairStruct2));
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
var o = Marshal.PtrToStructure<TimerPairStruct2>(listPtr).ToTimerPair();
timerPairList.Add(o);
listPtr += structSize;
}
return timerPairList;
}
The target struct (used for intermediate compute) and class:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
internal struct TimerPairStruct2 : ITimerPairStruct
{
public long Time;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=64)]
public string Descr;
public TimerPair ToTimerPair() => new TimerPair(Descr, Time);
}
public class TimerPair
{
public string Descr { get; set; }
public TimeSpan Time { get; set; }
public TimerPair(string descr, long time)
{
Descr = descr;
Time = new TimeSpan(0,0,0,0, (int)((double)time/1000000));
}
}
For the Pinvoke part:
[DllImport("DwarfHomograph.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
internal static extern IntPtr GetNativeTimers(out int size, out int ptrShift);
and now on the native side:
DwarfHgr* DwarfAsset = nullptr;
extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) list<TimerPair>* GetNativeTimers(
int* size,
int* ptrShift)
{
return DwarfAsset->GetNativeTimers(size, ptrShift);
}
the used method from the DwarfHgr class:
list<TimerPair>* DwarfHgr::GetNativeTimers(int* size, int* ptrShift)
{
TimerPairsList = Sw.AsTimerPairs();
*size = static_cast<int>(TimerPairsList.size());
*ptrShift = sizeof(TimerPair);
return &TimerPairsList;
}
and the member is list<TimerPair> TimerPairsList;
The struct I'm marshaling is:
//#pragma pack(push,8)
struct __declspec(dllexport) TimerPair final
{
long long Time{}; // ns
char Descr[64]{};
};
//#pragma pack(pop)
I'm having unit tests in both native and managed sides; the expected result looks like (native):
ImageA processing: 22.0704ms
ImageB processing: 22.0448ms
MatFullA.copyTo: 1.87452ms
MatToSparse: 1.93482ms
calcOpticalFlowFarneback: 1115.48ms
create flowSparse image: 10.1416ms
But I have this (managed):
°óŠqÉ: 1,964,675.000000ms
q$Fý: 140,725,780.000000ms
xr$Fý: 140,725,780.000000ms
: 549,755.000000ms
à¡CUÉ: 1,964,675.000000ms
: 0.000000ms

Passing Array of Structures from C#(.NET Core) to C++(unamnaged)

So I've read the documentation and countless examples online how to marshal array of structures. I've marshalled array of int's, I've marshalled structures, but now I'm completely stuck and can't get it to work no matter what I've try. Been stuck on it for over a day now.
Structure/class, tried as both
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential,CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public class SaveDetails
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string Log;
public FILETIME FileTime;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public bool Saved;
}
Pinvoke and call delegate
public class LogSaveFiles : IDisposable
{
[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi,CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private delegate Status DLogSaveFiles([ In, Out] SaveDetails[] logsToSave, string destinationPath);
private static DLogSaveFiles _dLogSaveFiles;
private IntPtr PLogSaveFiles { get; set; }
public bool LogSaveFilesAvailable => PLogSaveFiles != IntPtr.Zero;
public LogSaveFiles(Importer importer)
{
if (importer.dllLibraryPtr!= IntPtr.Zero)
{
PLogSaveFiles = Importer.GetProcAddress(importer.dllLibrary, "LogSaveFiles");
}
}
public Status SaveFiles(SaveDetails[] logsToSave,string destinationPath)
{
Status result = Status.FunctionNotAvailable;
if (LogSaveFilesAvailable)
{
_dLogSaveFiles = (DLogSaveFiles)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(PLogSaveFiles, typeof(DLogSaveFiles));
result = _dLogSaveFiles(logsToSave, destinationPath);
}
return result;
}
public void Dispose()
{
}
}
Call
private void SaveLogs()
{
var logsToSave = new[]{
new SaveDetails{
FileTime = new FILETIME {dwHighDateTime = 3,dwLowDateTime = 5},
Log = LogTypes.logDeviceLog,
Saved = true},
new SaveDetails{
FileTime = new FILETIME {dwHighDateTime = 1,dwLowDateTime = 2},
Log = LogTypes.logDeviceLog,
Saved = false}
};
var pathToSave = "C:\\Logs";
_logSaveFiles.SaveFiles(logsToSave, pathToSave);
}
c++ exposed call
typedef struct _LOG_SAVE_DETAILS
{
LPTSTR szLog;
FILETIME fromFileTime;
BOOL bSaved;
} LOG_SAVE_DETAILS, *PLOG_SAVE_DETAILS;
/* Function definitions */
ULY_STATUS _API LogSaveFiles (PLOG_SAVE_DETAILS ppLogs [],
LPCTSTR szDestinationPath);
Path to destination gets passed properly, but array of structures never goes through resulting in access violation when trying to access it. At first I thought it was issue with LPTSTR not going through properly but I've implemented other calls with it on its own and succeeded marshalling it through.
I've read everything on https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/interop/marshaling-data-with-platform-invoke , it all indicates that my approach is correct, but it doesn't work.
Any help is appreciated.

Simple solution: C side change PLOG_SAVE_DETAILS ppLogs [] to LOG_SAVE_DETAILS ppLogs [], then C#-side change public class SaveDetails to public struct SaveDetails.
Marshaling array of objects seems to be difficult (I wasn't able to do it). Marshaling array of structs works. An alternative is to do the marshaling manually, but it is a pain.
The "pain" of manual marshaling (only modified lines of code):
[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Winapi, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
private delegate Status DLogSaveFiles(IntPtr[] logsToSave, string destinationPath);
and then
public Status SaveFiles(SaveDetails[] logsToSave, string destinationPath)
{
Status result = Status.FunctionNotAvailable;
if (LogSaveFilesAvailable)
{
if (_dLogSaveFiles == null)
{
_dLogSaveFiles = (DLogSaveFiles)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(PLogSaveFiles, typeof(DLogSaveFiles));
}
int size = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(SaveDetails));
IntPtr basePtr = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr[] ptrs = new IntPtr[logsToSave.Length + 1];
try
{
basePtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size * logsToSave.Length);
for (int i = 0; i < logsToSave.Length; i++)
{
ptrs[i] = IntPtr.Add(basePtr, (i * size));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(logsToSave[i], ptrs[i], false);
}
result = _dLogSaveFiles(ptrs, destinationPath);
}
finally
{
if (basePtr != IntPtr.Zero)
{
for (int i = 0; i < logsToSave.Length; i++)
{
if (ptrs[i] != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.DestroyStructure(ptrs[i], typeof(SaveDetails));
}
}
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(basePtr);
}
}
}
return result;
}
Important: this is a marshaler C#->C++. The C++ mustn't modify the received array in any way or there will be a memory leak.

Extracting Windows File Properties (Custom Properties) C#

In Word/Excel you have to possibility to add Custom properties. (See Image)
Custom Properties.
As you guys can see there is the field: "Properties:", you can add any information you want there.
When you save the file and you go to the file location in the folder, you can right click -> Properties and you have all the tabs: General/Security/Details/Previous Versions. with the feature you add the tab Custom.
Now I want to get this information through coding: Custom Properties information. and extract it later to notepad.
So far i used the Shell32 but then I only get the information that is in the Details tab. I did some research and saw some possibilities with DSOfile.dll. But I want to know if there is a possibility to do this without installing other DLL?
This is my code so far with the Shell32.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(#"filepathhere"))
//{
//Console.SetOut(writer);
ReadProperties();
//}
}
static void ReadProperties()
{
List<string> arrHeaders = new List<string>();
Shell shell = new Shell();
Folder objFolder = shell.NameSpace(#"filepathhere");
FolderItem objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("filehere.doc");
for (int i = 0; i < short.MaxValue; i++)
{
string header = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolder, i);
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(header))
break;
arrHeaders.Add(header);
}
for ( int i = 0; i < arrHeaders.Count; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}\t{1}: {2}", i, arrHeaders[i], objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, i));
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
Thanks in advance!
Desu

Historically these properties were defined by the technology called "Structured Storage". The first Structured Storage implementation is the ancient (but still very alive) Compound File Format
After that, Microsoft added Structured Storage capabilities directly into NTFS. This allows you to define properties like author or title on any files (even .txt) files. Although the Explorer UI does not let you do this anymore for some reason, I think it still works programmatically.
And then, with Vista, Microsoft rebooted all that and introduced a superset of all this: the Windows Property System.
Unfortunately, there is no .NET API in the framework for all this. But Microsoft created an open source .NET library called the Windows API CodePack. So, the easiest way for you to extract properties is to add a reference to the WindowsAPICodePack Core NugetPackage and you can use it like this:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (var prop in new ShellPropertyCollection(#"mypath\myfile"))
{
Console.WriteLine(prop.CanonicalName + "=" + prop.ValueAsObject);
}
}
If you don't want to add extra DLLs, then you can extract the ShellPropertyCollection code from the WindowsAPICodePack source (Windows API Code Pack: Where is it?). It's quite a work but doable.
Another solution in your case, is to use the old Structure Storage native API. I've provided a sample that does this. Here is how you can use it:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (var prop in new StructuredStorage(#"mypath\myfile").Properties)
{
Console.WriteLine(prop.Name + "=" + prop.Value);
}
}
public sealed class StructuredStorage
{
public static readonly Guid SummaryInformationFormatId = new Guid("{F29F85E0-4FF9-1068-AB91-08002B27B3D9}");
public static readonly Guid DocSummaryInformationFormatId = new Guid("{D5CDD502-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}");
public static readonly Guid UserDefinedPropertiesId = new Guid("{D5CDD505-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}");
private List<StructuredProperty> _properties = new List<StructuredProperty>();
public StructuredStorage(string filePath)
{
if (filePath == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException("filePath");
FilePath = filePath;
IPropertySetStorage propertySetStorage;
int hr = StgOpenStorageEx(FilePath, STGM.STGM_READ | STGM.STGM_SHARE_DENY_NONE | STGM.STGM_DIRECT_SWMR, STGFMT.STGFMT_ANY, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, typeof(IPropertySetStorage).GUID, out propertySetStorage);
if (hr == STG_E_FILENOTFOUND || hr == STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND)
throw new FileNotFoundException(null, FilePath);
if (hr != 0)
throw new Win32Exception(hr);
try
{
LoadPropertySet(propertySetStorage, SummaryInformationFormatId);
LoadPropertySet(propertySetStorage, DocSummaryInformationFormatId);
}
finally
{
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(propertySetStorage);
}
// for some reason we can't read this one on the same COM ref?
LoadProperties(UserDefinedPropertiesId);
}
public string FilePath { get; private set; }
public IReadOnlyList<StructuredProperty> Properties
{
get
{
return _properties;
}
}
private void LoadPropertySet(IPropertySetStorage propertySetStorage, Guid fmtid)
{
IPropertyStorage propertyStorage;
int hr = propertySetStorage.Open(fmtid, STGM.STGM_READ | STGM.STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE, out propertyStorage);
if (hr == STG_E_FILENOTFOUND || hr == STG_E_ACCESSDENIED)
return;
if (hr != 0)
throw new Win32Exception(hr);
IEnumSTATPROPSTG es;
propertyStorage.Enum(out es);
if (es == null)
return;
try
{
var stg = new STATPROPSTG();
int fetched;
do
{
hr = es.Next(1, ref stg, out fetched);
if (hr != 0 && hr != 1)
throw new Win32Exception(hr);
if (fetched == 1)
{
string name = GetPropertyName(fmtid, propertyStorage, stg);
var propsec = new PROPSPEC[1];
propsec[0] = new PROPSPEC();
propsec[0].ulKind = stg.lpwstrName != null ? PRSPEC.PRSPEC_LPWSTR : PRSPEC.PRSPEC_PROPID;
IntPtr lpwstr = IntPtr.Zero;
if (stg.lpwstrName != null)
{
lpwstr = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemUni(stg.lpwstrName);
propsec[0].union.lpwstr = lpwstr;
}
else
{
propsec[0].union.propid = stg.propid;
}
var vars = new PROPVARIANT[1];
vars[0] = new PROPVARIANT();
try
{
hr = propertyStorage.ReadMultiple(1, propsec, vars);
if (hr != 0)
throw new Win32Exception(hr);
}
finally
{
if (lpwstr != IntPtr.Zero)
{
Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(lpwstr);
}
}
object value;
try
{
switch (vars[0].vt)
{
case VARTYPE.VT_BOOL:
value = vars[0].union.boolVal != 0 ? true : false;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_BSTR:
value = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(vars[0].union.bstrVal);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_CY:
value = decimal.FromOACurrency(vars[0].union.cyVal);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_DATE:
value = DateTime.FromOADate(vars[0].union.date);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_DECIMAL:
IntPtr dec = IntPtr.Zero;
Marshal.StructureToPtr(vars[0], dec, false);
value = Marshal.PtrToStructure(dec, typeof(decimal));
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_DISPATCH:
value = Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(vars[0].union.pdispVal);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_ERROR:
case VARTYPE.VT_HRESULT:
value = vars[0].union.scode;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_FILETIME:
value = DateTime.FromFileTime(vars[0].union.filetime);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_I1:
value = vars[0].union.cVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_I2:
value = vars[0].union.iVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_I4:
value = vars[0].union.lVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_I8:
value = vars[0].union.hVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_INT:
value = vars[0].union.intVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_LPSTR:
value = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(vars[0].union.pszVal);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_LPWSTR:
value = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(vars[0].union.pwszVal);
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_R4:
value = vars[0].union.fltVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_R8:
value = vars[0].union.dblVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UI1:
value = vars[0].union.bVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UI2:
value = vars[0].union.uiVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UI4:
value = vars[0].union.ulVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UI8:
value = vars[0].union.uhVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UINT:
value = vars[0].union.uintVal;
break;
case VARTYPE.VT_UNKNOWN:
value = Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(vars[0].union.punkVal);
break;
default:
value = null;
break;
}
}
finally
{
PropVariantClear(ref vars[0]);
}
var property = new StructuredProperty(fmtid, name, stg.propid);
property.Value = value;
_properties.Add(property);
}
}
while (fetched == 1);
}
finally
{
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(es);
}
}
private static string GetPropertyName(Guid fmtid, IPropertyStorage propertyStorage, STATPROPSTG stg)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(stg.lpwstrName))
return stg.lpwstrName;
var propids = new int[1];
propids[0] = stg.propid;
var names = new string[1];
names[0] = null;
int hr = propertyStorage.ReadPropertyNames(1, propids, names);
if (hr == 0)
return names[0];
return null;
}
public void LoadProperties(Guid formatId)
{
IPropertySetStorage propertySetStorage;
int hr = StgOpenStorageEx(FilePath, STGM.STGM_READ | STGM.STGM_SHARE_DENY_NONE | STGM.STGM_DIRECT_SWMR, STGFMT.STGFMT_ANY, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, typeof(IPropertySetStorage).GUID, out propertySetStorage);
if (hr == STG_E_FILENOTFOUND || hr == STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND)
throw new FileNotFoundException(null, FilePath);
if (hr != 0)
throw new Win32Exception(hr);
try
{
LoadPropertySet(propertySetStorage, formatId);
}
finally
{
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(propertySetStorage);
}
}
private const int STG_E_FILENOTFOUND = unchecked((int)0x80030002);
private const int STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND = unchecked((int)0x80030003);
private const int STG_E_ACCESSDENIED = unchecked((int)0x80030005);
private enum PRSPEC
{
PRSPEC_LPWSTR = 0,
PRSPEC_PROPID = 1
}
private enum STGFMT
{
STGFMT_ANY = 4,
}
[Flags]
private enum STGM
{
STGM_READ = 0x00000000,
STGM_READWRITE = 0x00000002,
STGM_SHARE_DENY_NONE = 0x00000040,
STGM_SHARE_DENY_WRITE = 0x00000020,
STGM_SHARE_EXCLUSIVE = 0x00000010,
STGM_DIRECT_SWMR = 0x00400000
}
// we only define what we handle
private enum VARTYPE : short
{
VT_I2 = 2,
VT_I4 = 3,
VT_R4 = 4,
VT_R8 = 5,
VT_CY = 6,
VT_DATE = 7,
VT_BSTR = 8,
VT_DISPATCH = 9,
VT_ERROR = 10,
VT_BOOL = 11,
VT_UNKNOWN = 13,
VT_DECIMAL = 14,
VT_I1 = 16,
VT_UI1 = 17,
VT_UI2 = 18,
VT_UI4 = 19,
VT_I8 = 20,
VT_UI8 = 21,
VT_INT = 22,
VT_UINT = 23,
VT_HRESULT = 25,
VT_LPSTR = 30,
VT_LPWSTR = 31,
VT_FILETIME = 64,
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
private struct PROPVARIANTunion
{
[FieldOffset(0)]
public sbyte cVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public byte bVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public short iVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public ushort uiVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public int lVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public uint ulVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public int intVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public uint uintVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public long hVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public ulong uhVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public float fltVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public double dblVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public short boolVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public int scode;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public long cyVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public double date;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public long filetime;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr bstrVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr pszVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr pwszVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr punkVal;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr pdispVal;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct PROPSPEC
{
public PRSPEC ulKind;
public PROPSPECunion union;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
private struct PROPSPECunion
{
[FieldOffset(0)]
public int propid;
[FieldOffset(0)]
public IntPtr lpwstr;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct PROPVARIANT
{
public VARTYPE vt;
public ushort wReserved1;
public ushort wReserved2;
public ushort wReserved3;
public PROPVARIANTunion union;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct STATPROPSTG
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]
public string lpwstrName;
public int propid;
public VARTYPE vt;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct STATPROPSETSTG
{
public Guid fmtid;
public Guid clsid;
public uint grfFlags;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME mtime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ctime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME atime;
public uint dwOSVersion;
}
[DllImport("ole32.dll")]
private static extern int StgOpenStorageEx([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string pwcsName, STGM grfMode, STGFMT stgfmt, int grfAttrs, IntPtr pStgOptions, IntPtr reserved2, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid riid, out IPropertySetStorage ppObjectOpen);
[DllImport("ole32.dll")]
private static extern int PropVariantClear(ref PROPVARIANT pvar);
[Guid("0000013B-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
private interface IEnumSTATPROPSETSTG
{
[PreserveSig]
int Next(int celt, ref STATPROPSETSTG rgelt, out int pceltFetched);
// rest ommited
}
[Guid("00000139-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
private interface IEnumSTATPROPSTG
{
[PreserveSig]
int Next(int celt, ref STATPROPSTG rgelt, out int pceltFetched);
// rest ommited
}
[Guid("00000138-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
private interface IPropertyStorage
{
[PreserveSig]
int ReadMultiple(uint cpspec, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] PROPSPEC[] rgpspec, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] PROPVARIANT[] rgpropvar);
[PreserveSig]
int WriteMultiple(uint cpspec, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] PROPSPEC[] rgpspec, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] PROPVARIANT[] rgpropvar, uint propidNameFirst);
[PreserveSig]
int DeleteMultiple(uint cpspec, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] PROPSPEC[] rgpspec);
[PreserveSig]
int ReadPropertyNames(uint cpropid, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 0)] int[] rgpropid, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.LPWStr, SizeParamIndex = 0)] string[] rglpwstrName);
[PreserveSig]
int NotDeclared1();
[PreserveSig]
int NotDeclared2();
[PreserveSig]
int Commit(uint grfCommitFlags);
[PreserveSig]
int NotDeclared3();
[PreserveSig]
int Enum(out IEnumSTATPROPSTG ppenum);
// rest ommited
}
[Guid("0000013A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
private interface IPropertySetStorage
{
[PreserveSig]
int Create([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid rfmtid, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid pclsid, uint grfFlags, STGM grfMode, out IPropertyStorage ppprstg);
[PreserveSig]
int Open([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid rfmtid, STGM grfMode, out IPropertyStorage ppprstg);
[PreserveSig]
int NotDeclared3();
[PreserveSig]
int Enum(out IEnumSTATPROPSETSTG ppenum);
}
}
public sealed class StructuredProperty
{
public StructuredProperty(Guid formatId, string name, int id)
{
FormatId = formatId;
Name = name;
Id = id;
}
public Guid FormatId { get; private set; }
public string Name { get; private set; }
public int Id { get; private set; }
public object Value { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return Name;
}
}

You can try NPOI engine to extract properties from different Office files (doc, xls, xlsx, docx, etc). This component doesn't have any third party dependencies and you don't need Office to use it.
However, this library is a bit tricky because you need to use different types of property extractors for different type of files. Good code sample can be found in official Git Hub repository TestHPSFPropertiesExtractor.
NuGet package can be found here.

There's a set of NuGet packages called NetOffice that you can use. There are packages for each of the Office applications, plus a few core assemblies. Get NetOffice.Word and NetOffice.Excel and install them in your solution. There's a little documentation at the Codeplex site, but I had to browse the source to really understand what was going on. Here's a sample program:
using NetOffice.OfficeApi;
using System;
namespace Office_Doc_Reader
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
using (var wordApp = new NetOffice.WordApi.Application())
using (var excelApp = new NetOffice.ExcelApi.Application())
{
var doc = wordApp.Documents.Open("C:\\Users\\John\\Desktop\\test.docx");
var xls = excelApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\\Users\\John\\Desktop\\test.xlsx");
var customProperties = (DocumentProperties)doc.CustomDocumentProperties;
foreach (var property in customProperties)
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Name: {0}, Value: {1}, Type: {2}", property.Name, property.Value, property.Type));
}
customProperties = (DocumentProperties)xls.CustomDocumentProperties;
foreach (var property in customProperties)
{
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Name: {0}, Value: {1}, Type: {2}", property.Name, property.Value, property.Type));
}
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
That shows the following results:
Name: Custom prop 1, Value: Text Value, Type: msoPropertyTypeString
Name: Custom prop 2, Value: 2/21/2016 12:00:00 AM, Type: msoPropertyTypeDate
Name: Custom prop 3, Value: 42, Type: msoPropertyTypeNumber
Name: Custom prop 4, Value: True, Type: msoPropertyTypeBoolean
Name: Foo, Value: abc, Type: msoPropertyTypeString
Name: Bar, Value: 1/1/1970 12:00:00 AM, Type: msoPropertyTypeDate
Name: Baz, Value: 3.14159, Type: msoPropertyTypeFloat
Name: Qux, Value: False, Type: msoPropertyTypeBoolean
For a Word and Excel file with these properties:
I've not worked with these much at all, so I won't be able to go much deeper than this. Hope it helps.

You may use OpenXml SDK from Microsoft. I believe it is able to get any info from word/excel files.
Have a look at this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/hh674468.aspx also this https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/bb448854.aspx
or
http://openxmldeveloper.org/

There could be a more generic approach.
If your source is a ...x file, the document can be extracted via XML queries.
If you unzip the file (eg.g with 7-Zip) you will find a file called custom.xml in the subfolder docProps.
The properties can easily be found within the XML file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Properties xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/custom-properties" xmlns:vt="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/docPropsVTypes">
<property fmtid="{D5CDD505-2E9C-101B-9397-08002B2CF9AE}" pid="2" name="SAPDOKNR">
<vt:lpwstr>10002210058</vt:lpwstr>
</property>
...

How to get Unicast, Dns and Gateway Address in UWP?

I'm trying to find Unicast, Dns and Gateway Address in windows IOT.
Normally I can access these values with NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces() method.
But in UWP, that method is missing.
Is there any alternative for getting these values?

You could try to PInvoke methods from Iphlpapi.dll. There are several methods that may contain the Unicast, Dns and Gateway info you're looking for, like GetInterfaceInfo(), GetAdaptersInfo(), GetAdaptersAdresses(), etc. Please see a complete list of available methods here: IP Helper Functions - MSDN. Eventually more than one method might be necessary.
As an example on how to do it, here's some sample code from PInvoke.Net retrieving interface names in my local computer, implemented as a standard UWP app:
public sealed partial class MainPage : Page
{
public MainPage()
{
this.InitializeComponent();
}
private void Page_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
List<string> list = new List<string>();
IP_INTERFACE_INFO ips = Iphlpapi.GetInterfaceInfo();
list.Add(string.Format("Adapter count = {0}", ips.NumAdapters));
foreach (IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP ip in ips.Adapter)
list.Add(string.Format("Index = {0}, Name = {1}", ip.Index, ip.Name));
listView1.ItemsSource = list;
}
}
// PInvoke
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP
{
public int Index;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = PInvokes.MAX_ADAPTER_NAME)]
public String Name;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct IP_INTERFACE_INFO
{
public int NumAdapters;
public IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[] Adapter;
public static IP_INTERFACE_INFO FromByteArray(Byte[] buffer)
{
unsafe
{
IP_INTERFACE_INFO rv = new IP_INTERFACE_INFO();
int iNumAdapters = 0;
Marshal.Copy(buffer, 0, new IntPtr(&iNumAdapters), 4);
IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[] adapters = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[iNumAdapters];
rv.NumAdapters = iNumAdapters;
rv.Adapter = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP[iNumAdapters];
int offset = sizeof(int);
for (int i = 0; i < iNumAdapters; i++)
{
IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP map = new IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP();
IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(map));
Marshal.StructureToPtr(map, ptr, false);
Marshal.Copy(buffer, offset, ptr, Marshal.SizeOf(map));
//map = (IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, typeof(IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP));
map = Marshal.PtrToStructure<IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP>(ptr);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
rv.Adapter[i] = map;
offset += Marshal.SizeOf(map);
}
return rv;
}
}
}
internal class PInvokes
{
public const int MAX_ADAPTER_NAME = 128;
public const int ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER = 122;
public const int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0;
[DllImport("Iphlpapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int GetInterfaceInfo(Byte[] PIfTableBuffer, ref int size);
[DllImport("Iphlpapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int IpReleaseAddress(ref IP_ADAPTER_INDEX_MAP AdapterInfo);
}
public class Iphlpapi
{
public static IP_INTERFACE_INFO GetInterfaceInfo()
{
int size = 0;
int r = PInvokes.GetInterfaceInfo(null, ref size);
Byte[] buffer = new Byte[size];
r = PInvokes.GetInterfaceInfo(buffer, ref size);
if (r != PInvokes.ERROR_SUCCESS)
throw new Exception("GetInterfaceInfo returned an error.");
IP_INTERFACE_INFO info = IP_INTERFACE_INFO.FromByteArray(buffer);
return info;
}
}

Try this code Snippet I found here:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/27a8b7a8-8071-4bc1-bbd4-e7c1fc2bd8d7/windows-10-iot-core-how-do-you-create-a-tcp-server-and-client?forum=WindowsIoT
public static string GetDirectConnectionName()
{
var icp = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();
if (icp != null)
{
if(icp.NetworkAdapter.IanaInterfaceType == EthernetIanaType)
{
return icp.ProfileName;
}
}
return null;
}
public static string GetCurrentNetworkName()
{
var icp = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();
if (icp != null)
{
return icp.ProfileName;
}
var resourceLoader = ResourceLoader.GetForCurrentView();
var msg = resourceLoader.GetString("NoInternetConnection");
return msg;
}
public static string GetCurrentIpv4Address()
{
var icp = NetworkInformation.GetInternetConnectionProfile();
if (icp != null && icp.NetworkAdapter != null && icp.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId != null)
{
var name = icp.ProfileName;
var hostnames = NetworkInformation.GetHostNames();
foreach (var hn in hostnames)
{
if (hn.IPInformation != null &&
hn.IPInformation.NetworkAdapter != null &&
hn.IPInformation.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId != null &&
hn.IPInformation.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId == icp.NetworkAdapter.NetworkAdapterId &&
hn.Type == HostNameType.Ipv4)
{
return hn.CanonicalName;
}
}
}
var resourceLoader = ResourceLoader.GetForCurrentView();
var msg = resourceLoader.GetString("NoInternetConnection");
return msg;
}

As jstreet commented, Invoke is the solution. I tried with a Lumia 950, and GetAdaptersInfo() works, not as IcmpSendEcho().
With the following link you should do it:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/iphlpapi/GetAdaptersInfo.html

How to Programmatically Set GPO to Not Configured or Disabled

I'm looking for a programmatic solution that has the same effect as setting the "Configure Windows NTP Client" state in GPOE Administrative Templates > System > Windows Time Service > Time Providers > Configure Windows NTP Client to Not Configured or Disabled, but I'll take any help I can get at this point.
Is there a registry key I can modify using the .NET Registry class or a property I can modify using the RSoP WMI classes? I've been looking in both places for days, but haven't found anything that will effectively disable the GPO or have the same effect as disabling or setting it to Not Configured in the GUI.

Firstly you have to find the registry value to edit. They are all listed in the XLS document downloadable at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25250. This document does not indicate the type of the value (REGSZ, DWORD, etc), so you have to set the setting by using the editor and then look the type of the value with regedit.
Now you have the registry key, the value name and its type, let's add some C# and use the COM interface IGroupPolicyObject
[ComImport, Guid("EA502722-A23D-11d1-A7D3-0000F87571E3")]
internal class GPClass
{
}
[ComImport, Guid("EA502723-A23D-11d1-A7D3-0000F87571E3"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface IGroupPolicyObject
{
uint New([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string domainName, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string displayName, uint flags);
uint OpenDSGPO([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path, uint flags);
uint OpenLocalMachineGPO(uint flags);
uint OpenRemoteMachineGPO([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string computerName, uint flags);
uint Save([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool machine, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool add, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid extension, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid app);
uint Delete();
uint GetName([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder name, int maxLength);
uint GetDisplayName([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder name, int maxLength);
uint SetDisplayName([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string name);
uint GetPath([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder path, int maxPath);
uint GetDSPath(uint section, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder path, int maxPath);
uint GetFileSysPath(uint section, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder path, int maxPath);
uint GetRegistryKey(uint section, out IntPtr key);
uint GetOptions(out uint options);
uint SetOptions(uint options, uint mask);
uint GetType(out IntPtr gpoType);
uint GetMachineName([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] StringBuilder name, int maxLength);
uint GetPropertySheetPages(out IntPtr pages);
}
public enum GroupPolicySection
{
Root = 0,
User = 1,
Machine = 2,
}
public abstract class GroupPolicyObject
{
protected const int MaxLength = 1024;
/// <summary>
/// The snap-in that processes .pol files
/// </summary>
private static readonly Guid RegistryExtension = new Guid(0x35378EAC, 0x683F, 0x11D2, 0xA8, 0x9A, 0x00, 0xC0, 0x4F, 0xBB, 0xCF, 0xA2);
/// <summary>
/// This application
/// </summary>
private static readonly Guid LocalGuid = new Guid(GetAssemblyAttribute<GuidAttribute>(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()).Value);
protected IGroupPolicyObject Instance = null;
static T GetAssemblyAttribute<T>(ICustomAttributeProvider assembly) where T : Attribute
{
object[] attributes = assembly.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(T), true);
if (attributes.Length == 0)
return null;
return (T)attributes[0];
}
internal GroupPolicyObject()
{
Instance = GetInstance();
}
public void Save()
{
var result = Instance.Save(true, true, RegistryExtension, LocalGuid);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception("Error saving machine settings");
}
result = Instance.Save(false, true, RegistryExtension, LocalGuid);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception("Error saving user settings");
}
}
public void Delete()
{
var result = Instance.Delete();
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception("Error deleting the GPO");
}
Instance = null;
}
public RegistryKey GetRootRegistryKey(GroupPolicySection section)
{
IntPtr key;
var result = Instance.GetRegistryKey((uint)section, out key);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Unable to get section '{0}'", Enum.GetName(typeof(GroupPolicySection), section)));
}
var handle = new SafeRegistryHandle(key, true);
return RegistryKey.FromHandle(handle, RegistryView.Default);
}
public abstract string GetPathTo(GroupPolicySection section);
protected static IGroupPolicyObject GetInstance()
{
var concrete = new GPClass();
return (IGroupPolicyObject)concrete;
}
}
public class GroupPolicyObjectSettings
{
public readonly bool LoadRegistryInformation;
public readonly bool Readonly;
public GroupPolicyObjectSettings(bool loadRegistryInfo = true, bool readOnly = false)
{
LoadRegistryInformation = loadRegistryInfo;
Readonly = readOnly;
}
private const uint RegistryFlag = 0x00000001;
private const uint ReadonlyFlag = 0x00000002;
internal uint Flag
{
get
{
uint flag = 0x00000000;
if (LoadRegistryInformation)
{
flag |= RegistryFlag;
}
if (Readonly)
{
flag |= ReadonlyFlag;
}
return flag;
}
}
}
public class ComputerGroupPolicyObject : GroupPolicyObject
{
public readonly bool IsLocal;
public ComputerGroupPolicyObject(GroupPolicyObjectSettings options = null)
{
options = options ?? new GroupPolicyObjectSettings();
var result = Instance.OpenLocalMachineGPO(options.Flag);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception("Unable to open local machine GPO");
}
IsLocal = true;
}
public ComputerGroupPolicyObject(string computerName, GroupPolicyObjectSettings options = null)
{
options = options ?? new GroupPolicyObjectSettings();
var result = Instance.OpenRemoteMachineGPO(computerName, options.Flag);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Unable to open GPO on remote machine '{0}'", computerName));
}
IsLocal = false;
}
public static void SetPolicySetting(string registryInformation, string settingValue, RegistryValueKind registryValueKind)
{
string valueName;
GroupPolicySection section;
string key = Key(registryInformation, out valueName, out section);
// Thread must be STA
Exception exception = null;
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
try
{
var gpo = new ComputerGroupPolicyObject();
using (RegistryKey rootRegistryKey = gpo.GetRootRegistryKey(section))
{
// Data can't be null so we can use this value to indicate key must be delete
if (settingValue == null)
{
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.OpenSubKey(key, true))
{
if (subKey != null)
{
subKey.DeleteValue(valueName);
}
}
}
else
{
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.CreateSubKey(key))
{
subKey.SetValue(valueName, settingValue, registryValueKind);
}
}
}
gpo.Save();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
exception = ex;
}
});
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();
t.Join();
if (exception != null)
throw exception;
}
public static object GetPolicySetting(string registryInformation)
{
string valueName;
GroupPolicySection section;
string key = Key(registryInformation, out valueName, out section);
// Thread must be STA
object result = null;
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
var gpo = new ComputerGroupPolicyObject();
using (RegistryKey rootRegistryKey = gpo.GetRootRegistryKey(section))
{
// Data can't be null so we can use this value to indicate key must be delete
using (RegistryKey subKey = rootRegistryKey.OpenSubKey(key, true))
{
if (subKey == null)
{
result = null;
}
else
{
result = subKey.GetValue(valueName);
}
}
}
});
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Start();
t.Join();
return result;
}
private static string Key(string registryInformation, out string value, out GroupPolicySection section)
{
// Parse parameter of format HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Personalization!NoChangingSoundScheme
string[] split = registryInformation.Split('!');
string key = split[0];
string hive = key.Substring(0, key.IndexOf('\\'));
key = key.Substring(key.IndexOf('\\') + 1);
value = split[1];
if (hive.Equals(#"HKLM", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
|| hive.Equals(#"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
section = GroupPolicySection.Machine;
}
else
{
section = GroupPolicySection.User;
}
return key;
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the file system path to the root of the specified GPO section.
/// The path is in UNC format.
/// </summary>
public override string GetPathTo(GroupPolicySection section)
{
var sb = new StringBuilder(MaxLength);
var result = Instance.GetFileSysPath((uint)section, sb, MaxLength);
if (result != 0)
{
throw new Exception(string.Format("Unable to retrieve path to section '{0}'", Enum.GetName(typeof(GroupPolicySection), section)));
}
return sb.ToString();
}
}
And how to use it:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ComputerGroupPolicyObject.SetPolicySetting(#"HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\HomeGroup!DisableHomeGroup", "0", RegistryValueKind.DWord);
ComputerGroupPolicyObject.SetPolicySetting(#"HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\HomeGroup!DisableHomeGroup", "1", RegistryValueKind.DWord);
ComputerGroupPolicyObject.SetPolicySetting(#"HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\HomeGroup!DisableHomeGroup", null, RegistryValueKind.Unknown);
}
Code inspired from https://bitbucket.org/MartinEden/local-policy