GetBytes

Returns a byte array representation of the datatype value.

 Public Function GetBytes(
	  ByRef Value As Variant ) As Byte ( )

Parameters

Value

[ByRef] Variant. The datatype to be converted to a byte array.

Return Values

Remarks

A type boolean is converted to one byte. If the boolean value is True, then the byte is 1, otherwise, it is 0.

The byte array contains as many bytes as the length of the datatype being converted. A Long returns a 4-byte array, where as a Double will return an 8-byte array.

The Decimal datatype is converted to 16 bytes with the same layout as used in .NET. The layout is different than that of VB.

VB Decimal layout
bytes 0-1: Variant datatype information
bytes 2: precision
bytes 3: sign (&H80 is negative)
bytes 4-7: the 32 highest bits in the 96bit value
bytes 8-11: the 32 lowest bits in the 96bit value
bytes 12-15: the 32 middle bits in the 96bit value

.NET Decimal layout
bytes 0-3: the 32 lowest bits in the 96bit value
bytes 4-7: the 32 middle bits in the 96bit value
bytes 8-11: the 32 highest bits in the 96bit value
bytes 12-13: unused (zero)
bytes 14: precision
bytes 15: sign (&H80 is negative)

See Also

Project VBCorLib Overview Class BitConverter Overview BitConverter Properties BitConverter Methods DoubleToInt64Bits Int64BitsToDouble