Use API functions in C#

[Le, Thanh-Nhan]

Hi,
How can I use API functions in C#.
Is there in VS .Net any simple Way to use, declare an API Function?

Thanks
Nhan

[Brian Brown]

Le, Thanh-Nhan

Unfortunately for the most part you will have to make use of Platform Invoke
(PInvoke) while marshaling your types. This is a very broad topic. To help
you I have posted a few links below to hopefully aid you in this process.

Good Luck
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ceapicalls.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...asp?frame=true

http://www.pinvoke.net

[Le, Thanh-Nhan]

Thanks,

Hapy New Year

Nhan
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Le, Thanh-Nhan

Unfortunately for the most part you will have to make use of Platform Invoke (PInvoke) while marshaling your types. This is a very broad topic. To help you I have posted a few links below to hopefully aid you in this process.

Good Luck
------------------

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/dndotnet/ht
ml/replaceapicalls.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconconsumingunmanageddllfunctions.asp?frame=true
http://www.pinvoke.net

[Sahil Malik]

One more, check this site out pinvoke.net <--- Ultra Awesome !!

- Sahil Malik
http://dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sahilmalik
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Thanks,

Hapy New Year

Nhan
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Le, Thanh-Nhan

Unfortunately for the most part you will have to make use of Platform

Invoke

(PInvoke) while marshaling your types. This is a very broad topic. To

help

you I have posted a few links below to hopefully aid you in this process.

Good Luck
------------------

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/dndotnet/ht
ml/replaceapicalls.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconconsumingunmanageddllfunctions.asp?frame=true

http://www.pinvoke.net

[laimis]

Le, Thanh-Nhan wrote:

Hi,
How can I use API functions in C#.
Is there in VS .Net any simple Way to use, declare an API Function?

Thanks
Nhan

Accessing unmanaged code from the .net can be done either through COM
interop or using p/invoke. P/invoke is what you need when dealing with
windows API. It basically involves a special declarations in your c#
code where you will specify a function name, library where it comes
through, and its calling signiture in c#. The hardest part is to get the
signitures and various struct layout declarations right so that the
calls from c# are marshalled right to unmanaged world. The most
excellent source for all this is pinvoke wiki:

http://www.pinvoke.net/

I love this site and you can just find the windows API function that you
want to use and they will give you a c# decl for it. Not all of the
functions have examples, but once you get better, you can post examples
there too because the site is wiki.

laimis