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Address of an element of a struct

I have this code:

typedef struct _DLL_struct
   {
   unsigned char DLL_type;
   unsigned char DLL_lenght;
   unsigned char DLL_data_begin;
   } DLL_struct;

unsigned char xdata FskRxBuf[MAX_SIZE_BUFFER];


void main(void)
   {
   DLL_struct *DLL_ptr;   // pointer to cast on the buffer
   unsigned char xdata chacksum_rx;

   DLL_ptr = (DLL_struct *)FskRxBuf;   // cast the struct to the buffer

   checksum_rx = *(&DLL_ptr->DLL_data_begin + DLL_ptr->DLL_lenght);  // read the received checksum
   }

I tried to define a struct pointer and cast it on a plain char buffer to obtain access to the buffer using the fields of the structure.
I run the code on a debugger and get a problem with the address of the structure fields.
Say that FskRxBuf begins at 0x0292, the debugger tells me that the expression &DLL_ptr->DLL_data_begin is 0x92 and not 0x0292 like I thought.
Where is my mistake?

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  • emme effe (a newcomer to the 8051) said, "I hate, I really hate this micro..."

    Shivaram Cunchala (a newcomer to ARM from the 8051) said, "I just want to know if ARM is user friendly like our 8051"

    ;-)

    Any new thing will always seem a bit bewildering until you get used to it!

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  • emme effe (a newcomer to the 8051) said, "I hate, I really hate this micro..."

    Shivaram Cunchala (a newcomer to ARM from the 8051) said, "I just want to know if ARM is user friendly like our 8051"

    ;-)

    Any new thing will always seem a bit bewildering until you get used to it!

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