struct serializing into byte[]

[Mister E]

Lets say I have a serialized struct called MyStruct, to write it out in binary form I know that I can do this:

FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(@"C:\wow.dat",FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter(  );
binaryFormatter.Serialize(fileStream, MyStruct);

fileStream.Close();

But lets say, instead of sending it to a file, I wanted to just serialize it directly into a byte[]. How could I do that?

Thanks...

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Easiest way is to use a MemoryStream

BinaryFormatter binaryFormatter = new BinaryFormatter(  );
byte[] b = new byte[100];  //make correct size
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(b);
binaryFormatter.Serialize(ms, MyStruct);

 

[Mister E]

That's what I was looking for. Thanks much.