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==Description==
 
==Description==
A commonly used data type in the GSNet Protocol.  Contains a 4 byte Length field followed by a Unicode string of length '''Length'''
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A commonly used data type in the GSNet Protocol.  Contains a 4 byte Length field followed by an ascii string of length '''Length'''. There is no terminating NULL.
  
 
==Fields ==
 
==Fields ==
 
{|border="1"
 
|width="75"|'''Element'''
 
|'''Length'''
 
|-
 
|Length
 
|int32 (4 bytes)
 
|-
 
|UnicodeCharacterArray
 
|uint16[] (2 * Length Bytes)
 
|}
 
 
  
 
{|style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666699; padding: 0;"
 
{|style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666699; padding: 0;"
 
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Element'''
 
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Element'''
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Length'''
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 230px;"|'''Length'''
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Value'''
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Default Value'''
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|-
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Length
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|uint32 (4 bytes)
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|''none''
 
|-
 
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic1
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|8bit char array
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 Bytes)
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|uint8[]
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Always 0x41FE
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|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|''none''
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 28 March 2011


Description[edit]

A commonly used data type in the GSNet Protocol. Contains a 4 byte Length field followed by an ascii string of length Length. There is no terminating NULL.

Fields[edit]

Element Length Default Value
Length uint32 (4 bytes) none
8bit char array uint8[] none