Question

I copied and pasted the following VB.NET structure from the pinvoke website.

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/Structures/BITMAPINFOHEADER.html

However when I paste it into a module under the module name like this, VB.NET is telling me that a declaration is expected:

Option Strict Off
Option Explicit On

Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Drawing.Drawing2D
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Module modDrawing

    StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)>Public Structure BITMAPINFOHEADER
    <FieldOffset(0)> Public biSize As Int32
    <FieldOffset(4)> Public biWidth As Int32
    <FieldOffset(8)> Public biHeight As Int32
    <FieldOffset(12)> Public biPlanes As Int16
    <FieldOffset(14)> Public biBitCount As Int16
    <FieldOffset(16)> Public biCompression As Int32
    <FieldOffset(20)> Public biSizeImage As Int32
    <FieldOffset(24)> Public biXPelsperMeter As Int32
    <FieldOffset(28)> Public biYPelsPerMeter As Int32
    <FieldOffset(32)> Public biClrUsed As Int32
    <FieldOffset(36)> Public biClrImportant As Int32
End Structure

Where did I go wrong, please?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

Check out this one: (not a full code)

    Module modDrawing

        <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)> _
        Public Structure BITMAPINFOHEADER
            <FieldOffset(0)> Public biSize As Int32
            <FieldOffset(4)> Public biWidth As Int32
            <FieldOffset(8)> Public biHeight As Int32
            <FieldOffset(12)> Public biPlanes As Int16
            <FieldOffset(14)> Public biBitCount As Int16
            <FieldOffset(16)> Public biCompression As Int32
            <FieldOffset(20)> Public biSizeImage As Int32
            <FieldOffset(24)> Public biXPelsperMeter As Int32
            <FieldOffset(28)> Public biYPelsPerMeter As Int32
            <FieldOffset(32)> Public biClrUsed As Int32
            <FieldOffset(36)> Public biClrImportant As Int32
        End Structure

   End Module