c# sample code to insert employees with related custom fields

Hi all,

We're currently migrating the data from a data source to NetSuite sandbox via web services; to do this, I've added a simple string custom field to the Employee type called "BirthPlace".

Now, I'm trying to populate this custom field with data: his is the code I'm trying to use:

   Employee emp = new Employee();
   emp.firstName = r.FirstName;
   emp.lastName = r.LastName;

   [... other properties here....]

   emp.customFieldList = new CustomFieldRef[1] {
   new StringCustomFieldRef
   {
    value = r.BirthPlace,
    scriptId = "custentity_employee_birthplace",
    internalId = "1622"
   }
  };
service.addList(...)

this is the error I get:

org.xml.sax.SAXException: 'value' on {urn:core_2016_2.platform.webservices.netsuite.com}