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+====== C# Marshaling - write bytes to struct and vice versa ======
+<code c#>
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
+public struct MyStructure
+{
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 101)]
+    public char[] Name;
+    public UInt16 Port;
+    public byte Num;
+    public byte Max;
+    public UInt64 Version;
+    public byte TOD;
+    public byte Avg;
+    public byte Flags;
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 16)]
+    public char[] Key;
+}
+public static MyStructure BytesToMyStructure(Byte[] bytes)
+{
+    MyStructure X = new();
+    int size = Marshal.SizeOf(X);
+    IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+    Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, ptr, size);
+    X = (S.EnrollServer)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, X.GetType());
+    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
+    return X;
+}
+public static Byte[] MyStructureToBytes(MyStructure data)
+{
+    int size = Marshal.SizeOf(data);
+    byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
+    IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+    Marshal.StructureToPtr(data, ptr, true);
+    Marshal.Copy(ptr, bytes, 0, size);
+    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
+    return bytes;
+}
+</code>
+<code c# Generic method>
+[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)]
+public class EnrollServer_Startup
+{
+    public UInt16 Port;
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = NAME_LENGTH)]
+    public char[] Name;
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = DESCRIPTION_LENGTH)]
+    public char[] Description;
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = BANNER_URL_LENGTH)]
+    public char[] BannerUrl;
+    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = KEY_LENGTH)]
+    public char[] Key;
+    public byte NumPlayers;
+    public byte MaxNumPlayers;
+    public UInt64 GameVersion; // major:8 minor:8 patch:16 changeset:32
+    public byte TimeOfDay;
+    public byte AverageFPS;
+    public byte Flags; // PasswordProtected
+    public byte Playstyle;
+    public UInt16 SpawnAmounts;
+    public static int SizeOf => Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(EnrollServer_Startup));
+    public Byte[] ToBytes()
+    {
+        int size = Marshal.SizeOf(this);
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[size];
+        IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+        Marshal.StructureToPtr(this, ptr, true);
+        Marshal.Copy(ptr, bytes, 0, size);
+        Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
+        return bytes;
+    }
+}
+public static T BytesToObject<T>(byte[] bytes)
+{
+    object X = Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T))!;
+    int size = Marshal.SizeOf(X);
+    IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(size);
+    Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, ptr, size);
+    X = (T)Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr, X.GetType())!;
+    Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
+    return (T)X;
+}
+</code>