Array Refnum Number of Rows size of data array

[PaulPascher]

I have read 

array size from refnum - NI Community

the Problem is 17 Years old and i hoped the Number of Rows/ Number of Columns Property would have fixed that but is seems these propertys only give the frontend displayed size and not the actuall data size back.

is there a better way to get the size of an array by refnum then flatten its value and reading the first bytes?

[pincpanter]

If the refnum is strictly typed, the Value property will do what you want. If the refnum is a generic array, Value will return an array of Variant that you will need to convert to the actual value, element by element.

[PaulPascher]

its generic and i only know it  has 1 Dimension and it is of some generic cluster with controles in it : /

[paul_cardinale · Accepted solution]

[altenbach]

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@PaulPascher wrote:

... i hoped the Number of Rows/ Number of Columns Property would have fixed that but is seems these propertys only give the frontend displayed size and not the actuall data size back.

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That's the purpose of these properties, so there is nothing to "fix". The array size is not a property, but part of the data and you already got good suggestions.

(Can you explain why you think you need all that? Maybe there is a fundamentally better way to do whatever you are trying to do.)

[Yamaeda]

You'd think the Get Array Information from the Variant pallette would answer this, but alas.