C# calling C function that returns struct with fixed size char array

Question

So, there have been many variants of this question, and after looking at several I still can\'t figure it out.

This is the C code:

typedef struct
{
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Answer 1

Another option to JaredPar's is to utilize the C# fixed size buffer feature. This does however require you to turn on the setting to allow unsafe code, but it avoids having 2 structs.

class Program
{
    private const int SIZE = 128;

    unsafe public struct Frame
    {
        public uint Identifier;
        public fixed byte Name[SIZE];
    }

    [DllImport("PinvokeTest2.DLL", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
    private static extern Frame GetFrame(int index);

    static unsafe string GetNameFromFrame(Frame frame)
    {
        //Option 1: Use if the string in the buffer is always null terminated
        //return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(new IntPtr(frame.Name));

        //Option 2: Use if the string might not be null terminated for any reason,
        //like if were 128 non-null characters, or the buffer has corrupt data.

        return Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(new IntPtr(frame.Name), SIZE).Split('\0')[0];
    }

    static void Main()
    {
        Frame a = GetFrame(0);
        Console.WriteLine(GetNameFromFrame(a));
    }
}