Compile error when calling managed C++ from C#

[zlatko]

Hello. I am new to .net .
I have a managed C++ library. It looks like this.

// header file
namespace cppnetdll
{
public __gc class Class1
{
public:
static int foo_int(void);
};
}

// source file
namespace cppnetdll
{
int Class1::foo_int (void)
{
return 123;
}
}

I can call this from a managed c++ program. When I try to call it from
a C# program, I get the compiler error: "The type or namespace name
'Class1' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an
assembly reference?)" The error refers to the DllImport line below.

Here is the C# code
[code:1:a72c1df5 71]
namespace csuser
{
public class xxx
{
[DllImport("cppn etdll.dll")] extern
int Class1.foo_int( );

private void yyy() { int i =
foo_int(); }
}
}[/code:1:a72c1df5 71]
I have tried various approaches but no success. What is the magic
syntax ?

It's funny that I can call unmanaged C++ functions from C# fairly
easily by declaring the functions as "C" and exporting from the DLL.
I expected calling managed code to be easier. Maybe it's so easy
that no one thought of documenting it !
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[Peter Jausovec]

Hi,

You should add a reference to the library in your C# project.

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Hello. I am new to .net .
I have a managed C++ library. It looks like this.

// header file
namespace cppnetdll
{
public __gc class Class1
{
public:
static int foo_int(void);
};
}

// source file
namespace cppnetdll
{
int Class1::foo_int (void)
{
return 123;
}
}

I can call this from a managed c++ program. When I try to call it from
a C# program, I get the compiler error: "The type or namespace name
'Class1' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an
assembly reference?)" The error refers to the DllImport line below.

Here is the C# code
[code:1:a72c1df5 71]
namespace csuser
{
public class xxx
{
[DllImport("cppn etdll.dll")] extern
int Class1.foo_int( );

private void yyy() { int i =
foo_int(); }
}
}[/code:1:a72c1df5 71]
I have tried various approaches but no success. What is the magic
syntax ?

It's funny that I can call unmanaged C++ functions from C# fairly
easily by declaring the functions as "C" and exporting from the DLL.
I expected calling managed code to be easier. Maybe it's so easy
that no one thought of documenting it !
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[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"zlatko" <zl***********@ opg-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Hello. I am new to .net .
I have a managed C++ library. It looks like this.

// header file
namespace cppnetdll
{
public __gc class Class1
{
public:
static int foo_int(void);
};
}

// source file
namespace cppnetdll
{
int Class1::foo_int (void)
{
return 123;
}
}

I can call this from a managed c++ program. When I try to call it from
a C# program, I get the compiler error: "The type or namespace name
'Class1' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an
assembly reference?)" The error refers to the DllImport line below.

Here is the C# code
[code:1:a72c1df5 71]
namespace csuser
{
public class xxx
{
[DllImport("cppn etdll.dll")] extern
int Class1.foo_int( );

private void yyy() { int i =
foo_int(); }
}
}[/code:1:a72c1df5 71]
I have tried various approaches but no success. What is the magic
syntax ?

It's funny that I can call unmanaged C++ functions from C# fairly
easily by declaring the functions as "C" and exporting from the DLL.
I expected calling managed code to be easier. Maybe it's so easy
that no one thought of documenting it !

You don't have to use Dllimport, your C++ class is a managed class, so you
have to set a reference to the assembly containing this class when compiling
your C# program.

Willy.

[zlatko]

Oh !
I have to add a reference to the dll project !

Why didn't I have to do that when calling from C++ ?

Tell me, why does everything have to be so hidden with microsoft.
Sometimes the solution is in syntax, sometimes in the IDE. I want my
UNIX box back.
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[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"zlatko" <zl***********@ opg-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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Oh !
I have to add a reference to the dll project !

Why didn't I have to do that when calling from C++ ?

Tell me, why does everything have to be so hidden with microsoft.
Sometimes the solution is in syntax, sometimes in the IDE. I want my
UNIX box back.

Because C++ is not C# and .... there is nothing hidden at all, you just have
to start reading the docs (MSDN).

Willy.