Marshal.SystemDefaultCharSize Field

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices

Assembly:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Source:

Marshal.cs

Represents the default character size on the system; the default is 2 for Unicode systems and 1 for ANSI systems. This field is read-only.

public: static initonly int SystemDefaultCharSize;

public static readonly int SystemDefaultCharSize;

 staticval mutable SystemDefaultCharSize : int

Public Shared ReadOnly SystemDefaultCharSize As Integer 

Field Value

Int32

Examples

The following example demonstrates the SystemDefaultCharSize field. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the Marshal class.

// Demonstrate the use of public static fields of the Marshal
// class.
Console::WriteLine(
    "SystemDefaultCharSize={0},SystemMaxDBCSCharSize={1}",
    Marshal::SystemDefaultCharSize,
    Marshal::SystemMaxDBCSCharSize);

// Demonstrate the use of public static fields of the Marshal class.
Console.WriteLine("SystemDefaultCharSize={0}, SystemMaxDBCSCharSize={1}",
    Marshal.SystemDefaultCharSize, Marshal.SystemMaxDBCSCharSize);

' Demonstrate the use of public static fields of the Marshal class.
Console.WriteLine("SystemDefaultCharSize={0}, SystemMaxDBCSCharSize={1}", Marshal.SystemDefaultCharSize, Marshal.SystemMaxDBCSCharSize)

See also

• PtrToStringAuto(IntPtr, Int32)
• StringToHGlobalAuto(String)
• StringToCoTaskMemAuto(String)