From 2473914e7d16a7779eb771af045cb8cef033c849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dahall <dahall@byu.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:24:12 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added PIDL conversion to byte[]

---
 PInvoke/Shell32/ShTypes.PIDL.cs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/PInvoke/Shell32/ShTypes.PIDL.cs b/PInvoke/Shell32/ShTypes.PIDL.cs
index 4ef8b8f7..1c694bf6 100644
--- a/PInvoke/Shell32/ShTypes.PIDL.cs
+++ b/PInvoke/Shell32/ShTypes.PIDL.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ namespace Vanara.PInvoke
 			/// <param name="path">A string that contains the path.</param>
 			public PIDL(string path) : this(IntILCreateFromPath(path)) { }
 
+			/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PIDL"/> class from an array of bytes.</summary>
+			/// <param name="bytes">The bytes.</param>
+			public PIDL(byte[] bytes) : this() { using var p = new PinnedObject(bytes); SetHandle(IntILClone(p)); }
+
 			/// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PIDL"/> class.</summary>
 			internal PIDL() : base(Free) { }
 
@@ -126,6 +130,10 @@ namespace Vanara.PInvoke
 			/// <returns>true if the current object is equal to the <paramref name="other"/> parameter; otherwise, false.</returns>
 			public bool Equals(PIDL other) => ReferenceEquals(this, other) || Equals(other?.handle ?? IntPtr.Zero);
 
+			/// <summary>Gets the ID list as an array of bytes.</summary>
+			/// <returns>An array of bytes representing the ID list.</returns>
+			public byte[] GetBytes() => handle.ToArray<byte>((int)Size);
+
 			/// <summary>Returns an enumerator that iterates through the collection.</summary>
 			/// <returns>A <see cref="T:System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerator{PIDL}"/> that can be used to iterate through the collection.</returns>
 			public IEnumerator<PIDL> GetEnumerator() => new InternalEnumerator(handle);