public static MapiAlloc FromString(string value, Encoding encoding = null)
{
if (encoding == null)
{
encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
}
byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(value);
byte[] term = encoding.GetBytes(new char[] { (char)0 });
// Allocate the buffer
int size = data.Length + term.Length;
IntPtr ptr = IntPtr.Zero;
IntPtr res = MAPI.MAPIAllocateBuffer((uint)size, ref ptr);
if (res != IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("MAPI Allocation failed: " + res);
}
// Zero it
Kernel32.ZeroMemory(ptr, size);
// And copy the data
Marshal.Copy(data, 0, ptr, data.Length);
return(new MapiAlloc(ptr));
}
