> Hi, all!  Need a little help tracking down a runtime error problem.
> I'm
> getting this error:
> "Unable to cast object of type 'myStruct[]' to type 'myStruct[]'...
> but the
> two types are identical!
> I have a class method that's building an array of user-defined
> structures (see below), and returning that array to the calling
> routine.  I'm getting the error on that calling line.
>
> The structure in both the webform and class are defined like this:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Public Structure sttNavBarItems
> Public strNavBarFeature As String
> Public strNavBarACL As String
> Public strNavBarURL As String
> Public strNavBarParams As String
> Public strNavBarTip As String
> Public strNavBarPosition As Int16
> End Structure
> The array's are defined as such:
> ------------------------------------------------------------ Dim
> arrResult( ) as sttNavBarItems
>
> Never seen this error before when both variables are of the same
> defined type.  What am I missing here?
>
> Thanks!
> Jack

"GhostInAK" <ghosti***@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:be1391bf194168c8ab9996411334@news.microsoft.com...
> Hello JackBlack,
>
> You define the struct in both the webform and the class file?  Of course
> you can't cast between them then.  They are indeed different types.
> Define the struct ONCE in one place that is accessible to both the web
> form and the class.
>
> -Boo
>
>> Hi, all!  Need a little help tracking down a runtime error problem.
>> I'm
>> getting this error:
>> "Unable to cast object of type 'myStruct[]' to type 'myStruct[]'...
>> but the
>> two types are identical!
>> I have a class method that's building an array of user-defined
>> structures (see below), and returning that array to the calling
>> routine.  I'm getting the error on that calling line.
>>
>> The structure in both the webform and class are defined like this:
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Public Structure sttNavBarItems
>> Public strNavBarFeature As String
>> Public strNavBarACL As String
>> Public strNavBarURL As String
>> Public strNavBarParams As String
>> Public strNavBarTip As String
>> Public strNavBarPosition As Int16
>> End Structure
>> The array's are defined as such:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ Dim
>> arrResult( ) as sttNavBarItems
>>
>> Never seen this error before when both variables are of the same
>> defined type.  What am I missing here?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Jack
>
>

> Hmm...  Since this is an ASP.Net application, there really isn't any
> place that's accessible to both.  The Class methods can't access the
> webform methods, and a webform variable can't initialize a variable
> from a structure defined in class.
>
> What would you suggest?
> Jack
> "GhostInAK" <ghosti***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:be1391bf194168c8ab9996411334@news.microsoft.com...
>
>> Hello JackBlack,
>>
>> You define the struct in both the webform and the class file?  Of
>> course you can't cast between them then.  They are indeed different
>> types. Define the struct ONCE in one place that is accessible to both
>> the web form and the class.
>>
>> -Boo
>>
>>> Hi, all!  Need a little help tracking down a runtime error problem.
>>> I'm
>>> getting this error:
>>> "Unable to cast object of type 'myStruct[]' to type 'myStruct[]'...
>>> but the
>>> two types are identical!
>>> I have a class method that's building an array of user-defined
>>> structures (see below), and returning that array to the calling
>>> routine.  I'm getting the error on that calling line.
>>> The structure in both the webform and class are defined like this:
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Public Structure sttNavBarItems
>>> Public strNavBarFeature As String
>>> Public strNavBarACL As String
>>> Public strNavBarURL As String
>>> Public strNavBarParams As String
>>> Public strNavBarTip As String
>>> Public strNavBarPosition As Int16
>>> End Structure
>>> The array's are defined as such:
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ Dim
>>> arrResult( ) as sttNavBarItems
>>> Never seen this error before when both variables are of the same
>>> defined type.  What am I missing here?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Jack