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Updating broken link and wording from updated docs

edited Sep 9, 2021 at 19:04

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Some additional information followup regarding @Rytmis's post.

From https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/master/docs/coding-guidelines/interop-pinvokes.md https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/best-practices#guids:

Guids are usable directly in signatures. When passed by ref they can either be passed by ref or with theDO NOT Use [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] attribute.

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] should only be used for byanything other than ref GuidsGUID parameters.

Some additional information followup regarding @Rytmis's post.

From https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/master/docs/coding-guidelines/interop-pinvokes.md:

Guids are usable directly in signatures. When passed by ref they can either be passed by ref or with the [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] attribute.

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] should only be used for by ref Guids.

Some additional information followup regarding @Rytmis's post.

From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/native-interop/best-practices#guids:

DO NOT Use [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] for anything other than ref GUID parameters.

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answered Dec 31, 2019 at 18:59

Joseph Lennox

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Some additional information followup regarding @Rytmis's post.

From https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/master/docs/coding-guidelines/interop-pinvokes.md:

Guids are usable directly in signatures. When passed by ref they can either be passed by ref or with the [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] attribute.

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] should only be used for by ref Guids.

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