The VBFixedString attribute

The VBFixedString attribute can be applied to structure members of type String, in order to delimit the string length, since by default string length is variable. Such delimitation is established in bytes instead of characters. This attribute is required in some API calls. The following is an example:

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Notice that the VBFixedString can be applied to fields but is not valid for properties.

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