Using C Classes with C# in Visual Studio

[Tom Bolton via .NET 247]

Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I used to write C (very small-time, but I did). Anyway, now I've been learning C# in Visual Studio, and I need to access a C API from C#. Can this be done? How?

I've searched the Archives, but it's almost impossible to do a search that comes up with anything like the right results, so I'm just posting the question.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Tom Bolton

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[Ajay Kalra]

If your C API has been exported to a dll, you could use PInvoke to get
access to it. Another option would be make a managed wrapper of your module
using C++ managed extensions (MC++) and then use this in any .net module.

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Once, a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, I used to write C (very small-time, but I did). Anyway, now I've been learning C# in Visual Studio,
and I need to access a C API from C#. Can this be done? How?
I've searched the Archives, but it's almost impossible to do a search that comes up with anything like the right results, so I'm just posting the
question.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: Tom Bolton

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Posted by a user from .NET 247 (http://www.dotnet247.com/)

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