Find the total size of an array of objects with only a reference pointer?

So as an overview, I am working with the Wlanapi and I am fairly new to it (native apis in general). I am running into a problem converting a structure from c++ to c#. Right now I have:

Original:

typedef struct _WLAN_BSS_LIST {
    DWORD          dwTotalSize;
    DWORD          dwNumberOfItems;
    WLAN_BSS_ENTRY wlanBssEntries[1];
} WLAN_BSS_LIST, *PWLAN_BSS_LIST;

Conversion:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
struct WLAN_BSS_LIST 
{
    internal uint             dwTotalSize;
    internal uint             dwNumberOfItems;
    internal WLAN_BSS_ENTRY[] wlanBssEntries;

    internal WLAN_BSS_LIST(IntPtr ppBssList)
    {
        dwNumberOfItems = (uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(ppBssList);
        //I need to set the value of dwTotalSize but I dunno how
        wlanBssEntries = new WLAN_BSS_ENTRY[dwNumberOfItems];

        for (int i = 0; i < dwNumberOfItems; i++)
        {
            IntPtr pWlanBssEntry = new IntPtr(ppBssList.ToInt32() + i * 
                Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(WLAN_BSS_ENTRY)) + 8);
            wlanBssEntries[i] = (WLAN_BSS_ENTRY)Marshal.
                                    PtrToStr开发者_JS百科ucture(pWlanBssEntry, 
                                        typeof(WLAN_BSS_ENTRY));
        }
    }
}

I just don't know how to get the total size of the array referenced by ppBssList :(

As an fyi, I will be extremely disappointed if someone points me to an existing library.

Edited to add original struct

I'm not sure if your twTotalSize reflects the amount of memory allocated for the entries in wlanBssEntries, if so, a simple calculation would be sufficient,

 sizeof(typeof(WLAN_BSS_ENTRY)) * dwNumberOfItems + 8

otherwise, I suggest that you post the original native data structure, maybe, there is a much better alternative for marshaling it from the memory block.

So I figured it out, I dunno what I was thinking...

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack=1)]
struct WLAN_BSS_LIST
{
    internal uint dwTotalSize;
    internal uint dwNumberOfItems;
    internal WLAN_BSS_ENTRY[] wlanBssEntries;

    internal WLAN_BSS_LIST(IntPtr ppBssList)
    {
        dwTotalSize = (uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(ppBssList);
        dwNumberOfItems = (uint)Marshal.ReadInt32(ppBssList, 4);
        wlanBssEntries = new WLAN_BSS_ENTRY[dwNumberOfItems];
        for (int i = 0; i < dwNumberOfItems; i++)
        {
            IntPtr pWlanBssEntry = new IntPtr(ppBssList.ToInt32() + i * 
                Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(WLAN_BSS_ENTRY)) + 8);
            wlanBssEntries[i] = (WLAN_BSS_ENTRY)Marshal.
                PtrToStructure(pWlanBssEntry, typeof(WLAN_BSS_ENTRY));
        }
    }
}

And

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct WLAN_BSS_ENTRY
{
    public DOT11_SSID dot11Ssid;
    public uint uPhyId;
    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 6)]
    public byte[] dot11Bssid;
    public DOT11_BSS_TYPE dot11BssType;
    public DOT11_PHY_TYPE dot11BssPhyType;
    public int lRssi;
    public uint uLinkQuality;
    public bool bInRegDomain;
    public UInt16 usBeaconPeriod;
    public UInt64 ullTimestamp;
    public UInt64 ullHostTimestamp;
    public UInt16 usCapabilityInformation;
    public uint ulChCenterFrequency;
    public WLAN_RATE_SET wlanRateSet;
    public uint ulIeOffset;
    public uint ulIeSize;
}