hi Eljay, Thursday, October 16, 2003, 2:25:26 PM, you wrote: > Hi Massimiliano, >>How can I obtain a 5 bytes long structure (if it is possible)? > If you really want the structure to be 5 bytes AND have byte > alignment, you'll have to do more of the work yourself. > For example, in C++, I'd do it this way: > ... what exactly is c++ about your code? what would not work with pure c? I've seen structs with functions in c.. gruss /Christian mailto:caefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman