Hello,
I need to an TCP/IP Interface for communication with an embedded
device.
Since I have two different design ideas in mind, I am wondering
whether
you could give me some hints to decide:
Requirements:
- Interface should be used for company internal purposes/software but
also
as an interface for our customers -interface should be a DLL
- internally, the interface should only be used with C# Applications
- our customers want to use the interface with "native" C++, VB6, VBS,
C#, VB.NET, Labview, ...
Design 1:
- implement the interface as .NET class library in C#
- expose this .NET class library as COM dll
(whatever this means exactly...) so that it can be used by
C++, VB6, VBS, ...
- advantage: easy implementation of the interface in C#;
easy debugging
- disadvantage/open issue: what does it mean to expose the
interface as COM dll (esp. in terms of effort); does
exposing as COM dll really provide an interface for all
possible applications? how can this COM interface be used?
Design 2:
- implement the interface in C++ as standard Win32-dll
- provide a C# wrapper class (maybe compiled as .net class library)
mainly for internal purposes
- advantage: well-known win32-dll-interface -our customers
know how to use it and there are no tradeoffs
- disadvantage: complex socket programming in C++ required;
C# wrapper required; more complex software debugging
Which design would you prefer? Why? Could you give
me some decision guidance, please?!
1  3751 
Personally, I would go with creating a COM component. You ^could^ do
the development in .NET and expose the item as a COM component, but for some
reason, it seems like it might almost be easier to do using Active Template
Library (ATL) as it has a number of classes that wrap Socket functionality.
If you have a majority of customers that are going to use the unmanaged
component, then I would recommend developing it using C++, as it should make
distribution easier. If you do the development in .NET and then expose it
as a COM object, you will have to distribute the framework, and that might
create a distribution scenario which is harder than you are looking for.
Hope this helps.
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Hello,
I need to an TCP/IP Interface for communication with an embedded
device.
Since I have two different design ideas in mind, I am wondering
whether
you could give me some hints to decide:
Requirements:
- Interface should be used for company internal purposes/software but
also
as an interface for our customers -interface should be a DLL
- internally, the interface should only be used with C# Applications
- our customers want to use the interface with "native" C++, VB6, VBS,
C#, VB.NET, Labview, ...
Design 1:
- implement the interface as .NET class library in C#
- expose this .NET class library as COM dll
(whatever this means exactly...) so that it can be used by
C++, VB6, VBS, ...
- advantage: easy implementation of the interface in C#;
easy debugging
- disadvantage/open issue: what does it mean to expose the
interface as COM dll (esp. in terms of effort); does
exposing as COM dll really provide an interface for all
possible applications? how can this COM interface be used?
Design 2:
- implement the interface in C++ as standard Win32-dll
- provide a C# wrapper class (maybe compiled as .net class library)
mainly for internal purposes
- advantage: well-known win32-dll-interface -our customers
know how to use it and there are no tradeoffs
- disadvantage: complex socket programming in C++ required;
C# wrapper required; more complex software debugging
Which design would you prefer? Why? Could you give
me some decision guidance, please?!
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