Re: How to pass a vc++ BSTR value to C#.Net
- From: "Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <rbv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:42:56 -0600
"shamsh" <shamsh0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4EB2C59E-8484-4D20-8332-B376AEDE46E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I tried using a similar code related to Marshal.Copy(),still I'm getting the
"BAD DATA" error.
I'm not sure if the encrypted text from COM is being passed correctly to the
IntPtr(Dotnet).
I'm very new to C++ ,hence is it possible for you to provide a sample code
in C++ which will convert BSTR into a SAFEARRAY(VT_UI1).
You should need:
size_t count = SysStringByteLen(bstr);
SAFEARRAY* sa = SafeArrayCreateVector(VT_UI1, 0, count);
BYTE* pContent;
SafeArrayAccessData(sa, (void HUGEP**)&pContent);
CopyMemory(pContent, bstr, count);
SafeArrayUnaccessData(sa);
and perhaps
SysFreeString(bstr);
I haven't tested that exact code, let me know if you run into trouble with it.
.
--
regards,
Shamsheer
"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" wrote:
"shamsh" <shamsh0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EB0B97AA-993D-4ED0-9688-CB91684DCAEE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Let me put the whole scenario for you.
> Currently the whole application is using this COM DLL which has > function
> for
> encryption/decryption.We are in process of converting lot of business
> object
> to .Net and some will remain as it is in C++.We also have a equivalent
> .Net
> code for encryption/decryption.
> So we might have a suitation where an encryption might take place using
> COM
> and decryption using .Net.
> Thats the reason for not changing the signature of the function.
> The C++ caller function need not bother about the binary data being
> converted to BSTR ,it should be happy if it is getting an encrypted > string
> from the COM.
>
> Actually I'm able to return the binary data in the form of BSTR by > using
> CCOMBSTR,but at .Net side while
> decrypting(rsacryptoserviceprovider.decrypt()) is either giving "Bad > Data"
> or
> the number of bytes is more than 128 for which the rsa modulus doesn't
> support.
>
> This whole thing works perfectly if I write the encrypyed text(binary
> data)
> at COM end to a .txt file and at the C# end read that binary file for
> decryption.
>
> Let me know if I was able to communicate your doubts,or if you want the
> whole code.
You haven't really addressed the point on which I'm confused (side note: Who
is teaching foreign students of English to use the word "doubt" when they
mean "question"? I hear this mistake everywhere.)
Encryption of a string doesn't give you another string. It gives you binary
data. So it's not appropriate for the C++ clients to be using BSTR either,
everything should be SAFEARRAY(VT_UI1). Unless the interface was originally
designed for strings and encryption was added later, in which case using the
BSTR capability of having embedded nulls seems a reasonable way to avoid a
breaking change to the interface. .NET is still going to have problems
though, because .NET supports a subset of the BSTR concept which doesn't
include the BSTR as a counted array of bytes.
So maybe a good option would be for the interface to go ahead an return a
BSTR (counted array of bytes format), and provide a conversion function, not
used by the C++ callers, which turns that BSTR into a SAFEARRAY(VT_UI1) or
even directly into a .NET managed byte array. This could even be
implemented in C# if desired. Just use IntPtr to hold the BSTR, call
SysStringByteLen and use pointers or Marshal.Copy to transfer into a real
byte array.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms146631.aspx
>
>
>
> -- > regards,
> Shamsheer
>
>
> "Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> "shamsh" <shamsh0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:00E7F2AB-DF71-4257-80CD-7E6D54D6C6D5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > I cannot pass the byteArray as it is from the C++ function as I'm >> > not
>> > suposed
>> > to change the function signature(it is being called throughout the
>> > application).So I need to convert the byteArray to BSTR.
>>
>> You can't change the signature because it would mess up other callers,
>> but
>> you can add/change the conversion to BSTR? This doesn't make any >> sense
>> to
>> me. Are you implementing an interface, the other providers of which >> are
>> really returning text strings and you need to return binary data >> instead?
>> In that case using the same interface is probably not the best idea
>> because
>> you're violating the LSP in subtle ways.
>>
>> > I'm very new to C++ code.Can you please provide the sample code.
>> > Moreover at C# end I need to do some kind of encoding to convert the
>> > encrypted string coming from C++ to, byteArray.
>> >
>> > -- >> > regards,
>> > Shamsheer
>> >
>> >
>> > "Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> shamsh wrote:
>> >> > I'm doing something like
>> >> > STDMETHODIMP CSecMgr::Encrypt(BSTR bstrEncryptText, BSTR*
>> >> > pbstrResultText) {
>> >> > // Encrypt data
>> >> > if (!CryptEncrypt(hKey, NULL, TRUE, 0, pbData,
>> >> > &dwDataLen,
>> >> > dwEncryptedLen))
>> >> > {
>> >> > // Error
>> >> > _tprintf(_T("CryptEncrypt error 0x%x\n"),
>> >> > GetLastError()); return 1;
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > }
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm able to write (LPCVOID)pbData to a .txt file(binary) and at >> >> > C#
>> >> > end I'm able to decrypt it back.
>> >> > Instead of writing it to a .txt file I'm supposed to make it as a
>> >> > return type. I'm doing something like
>> >> >
>> >> > char *pStr = new char[dwDataLen];
>> >> > memcpy(pStr, pbData, dwDataLen );
>> >> > //pStr[dwDataLen] = '\0';
>> >> > CString str(pStr);
>> >> > //delete [] pStr;
>> >> >
>> >> > //*pbstrResultText = CComBSTR(str); >> >> > //BSTR(str.AllocSysString());
>> >> > tried this option
>> >> > *pbstrResultText = SysAllocStringByteLen(pStr,dwDataLen); // this
>> >> > one
>> >> > also
>> >> >
>> >> > At the C#.net end
>> >> >
>> >> > public static string DecryptData(string data2Decrypt)
>> >> >
>> >> > {
>> >> >
>> >> > byte[] encryptedData =
>> >> > StrToByteArray(data2Decrypt);
>> >> >
>> >> > // some other steps
>> >> >
>> >> > byte[] decryptedText = >> >> > rsa.Decrypt(encryptedData,
>> >> > false); // This either gives BAD Data or size related error
>> >> > }
>> >> > public static byte[] >> >> > StrToByteArray(string
>> >> > str) {
>> >> > System.Text.ASCIIEncoding encoding = new
>> >> > System.Text.ASCIIEncoding();
>> >> > return encoding.GetBytes(str);
>> >> > }
>> >>
>> >> Well, you don't want the ASCII encoding. You don't want any >> >> encoding
>> >> at
>> >> all
>> >> (SysAllocStringByteLen works on raw bytes). It so happens that
>> >> Encoding.UnicodeEncoding is the "no translation" option.
>> >>
>> >> But you really should be passing a byte array because that's what >> >> you
>> >> have.
>> >> COM supports byte arrays, the C++ would be SAFEARRAY. Just do
>> >> SafeArrayCreateVector(VT_UI1, 0, length);SafeArrayAccessDatamemcpy >> >> or
>> >> directly perform your calculations into the array data
>> >> areaSafeArrayUnaccessData
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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