| BitConverter: GetBytes |
Returns a byte array representation of the datatype value.
Public Function GetBytes( ByRef Value As Variant ) As Byte ( )
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 following is a list of types that are supported.
The Decimal type is converted to 16 bytes with the same layout as used in .NET. The layout is different than that of Visual Basic.
The differing layouts is shown in the following table.
| Framework | Layout |
|---|---|
| Visual Basic |
bytes 0-1: Variant type information (Decimal has value 14) 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 |
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) |