How to convert data of type PropertyTypeInfo.String to String

[blair-ahlquist]

I'm getting some garbage characters when trying to read paths to textures:

static public unsafe string GetDataAsString(MaterialProperty* prop) => Encoding.UTF8.GetString(GetData(prop));

static public unsafe byte[] GetData(MaterialProperty* prop)
{
    byte[] bytes = new byte[prop->MDataLength];

    for (uint i = 0; i < prop->MDataLength; ++i)
    {
        bytes[i] = prop->MData[i];
    }

    return bytes;
}

Do you know what I'm doing wrong? I've tried ASCII as well.

[Perksey]

Is PropertyTypeInfo definitely String?

[blair-ahlquist]

Yes. If I trim the first four bytes and then trim the last byte, I get a usable string.

[Perksey]

Ohhh! That means it's an AssimpString (forgot about this, sorry!). Try this:

((AssimpString*)prop->MData)->AsString

[blair-ahlquist]

That worked. Thank you.