Late Binding

[Justin Starnes]

Is it possible to late bind to a dll written in C# from VB6? If so, does
anyone have an example.

[Rob Windsor]

Yes, you need to use COM Interop. Here are some links.
C# Programmer's Reference
COM Interop Part 2: C# Server Tutorial
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ertutorial.asp

..NET Framework Developer's Guide
Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...nentstocom.asp

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Rob Windsor
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
"Justin Starnes" <jl*******@chartertn.net> wrote in message
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Is it possible to late bind to a dll written in C# from VB6? If so, does
anyone have an example.

[Vadim Melnik]

Hi,

Is it possible to late bind to a dll written in C# from VB6? If so, does
anyone have an example.

It's possible but you need somehow instantiate this object. mscoree.dll
exposes undocumented ClrCreateManagedInstance function, it's declared in
mscoree.h as the following:

STDAPI ClrCreateManagedInstance(LPCWSTR pTypeName, REFIID riid, void
**ppObject);

and C++ usage:

HRESULT hr = ClrCreateManagedInstance(L"ClrTestLib.CFoo, ClrTestLib,
Version=1.0.1207.27541, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a8c61b7e4c98192e",
IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&spUnk));
Or you can use technique described in "Microsoft .NET: Implement a Custom
Common Language Runtime Host for Your Managed App" MSDN Magazine article to
create CLR by CorBindToRuntimeEx call, then Start it, and then create or
retrieve default domain by ICorRuntimeHost::CreateDomain/GetDefaultDomain,
and after use it to instantiate class instance - e.g.
AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom.

...
Cheers,
Vadim.

[Vadim Melnik]

Hi,

Is it possible to late bind to a dll written in C# from VB6? If so, does
anyone have an example.

It's possible but you need somehow instantiate this object. mscoree.dll
exposes undocumented ClrCreateManagedInstance function, it's declared in
mscoree.h as the following:

STDAPI ClrCreateManagedInstance(LPCWSTR pTypeName, REFIID riid, void
**ppObject);

and C++ usage:

HRESULT hr = ClrCreateManagedInstance(L"ClrTestLib.CFoo, ClrTestLib,
Version=1.0.1207.27541, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a8c61b7e4c98192e",
IID_IUnknown, reinterpret_cast<void**>(&spUnk));
Or you can use technique described in "Microsoft .NET: Implement a Custom
Common Language Runtime Host for Your Managed App" MSDN Magazine article to
create CLR by CorBindToRuntimeEx call, then Start it, and then create or
retrieve default domain by ICorRuntimeHost::CreateDomain/GetDefaultDomain,
and after use it to instantiate class instance - e.g.
AppDomain.CreateInstanceFrom.

...
Cheers,
Vadim.

[Phil Wilson]

If you mean classic late binding as in VB CreateObject("Progid") and
IDispatch-based calls, start with Type.GetTypeFromProgID.
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Phil Wilson [MVP Windows Installer]

"Justin Starnes" <jl*******@chartertn.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Is it possible to late bind to a dll written in C# from VB6? If so, does
anyone have an example.