calling from c# into a dll

[Al the programmer]

I have a dll that consists of unmanaged C++ routines. I can call a function
in the dll from a C++ executable, but not from a C# executable. I am calling
an independent function, not a class. C# gives me a runtime exception saying
the entry point to the dll cannot be found.

I declare the function in C# with the following lines:
[DllImport("simpleDLL.dll", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int fnsimpleDLL(int i);

I then call the function with the line:
fnsimpleDLL(1);

Any ideas?

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Make sure the exported C function is not mangled (has C linkage), make also
sure the calling convention is cdecl (CallingConvention.Cdecl)]).

Willy.

"Al the programmer" <Al*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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I have a dll that consists of unmanaged C++ routines. I can call a
function
in the dll from a C++ executable, but not from a C# executable. I am
calling
an independent function, not a class. C# gives me a runtime exception
saying
the entry point to the dll cannot be found.

I declare the function in C# with the following lines:
[DllImport("simpleDLL.dll", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int fnsimpleDLL(int i);

I then call the function with the line:
fnsimpleDLL(1);

Any ideas?

[Al the programmer]

Thanks for the info. I remember the mangling issue from when I had to call C
code from C++, but the C# docs are silent on the issue.

What do I do when I want to export a C++ class in a dll to a C# program?

Al
"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" wrote:

Make sure the exported C function is not mangled (has C linkage), make also
sure the calling convention is cdecl (CallingConvention.Cdecl)]).

Willy.

"Al the programmer" <Al*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:14**********************************@microsof t.com...

I have a dll that consists of unmanaged C++ routines. I can call a
function
in the dll from a C++ executable, but not from a C# executable. I am
calling
an independent function, not a class. C# gives me a runtime exception
saying
the entry point to the dll cannot be found.

I declare the function in C# with the following lines:
[DllImport("simpleDLL.dll", CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
public static extern int fnsimpleDLL(int i);

I then call the function with the line:
fnsimpleDLL(1);

Any ideas?

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Al the programmer" <Al*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:01**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for the info. I remember the mangling issue from when I had to
call C
code from C++, but the C# docs are silent on the issue.

What do I do when I want to export a C++ class in a dll to a C# program?

Al

Check this....
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/e59b22c5.aspx

Willy.

[Al the programmer]

Thanks for the info. The docs don't talk about importing a class, only
functions, but I know where to start looking in the future. For my current
project I need to access C functions, which I can do.

Al

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" wrote:

"Al the programmer" <Al*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:01**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for the info. I remember the mangling issue from when I had to
call C
code from C++, but the C# docs are silent on the issue.

What do I do when I want to export a C++ class in a dll to a C# program?

Al

Check this....
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/e59b22c5.aspx

Willy.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Al the programmer" <Al*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:66**********************************@microsof t.com...

Thanks for the info. The docs don't talk about importing a class, only
functions, but I know where to start looking in the future. For my
current
project I need to access C functions, which I can do.

Al

It doesn't talk about importing a class because it isn't possible to access
unmanaged classes cross-language.
If you need this, your only option is to create a wrapper class using
managed C++ (or better the upcoming C++/CLI)., this wrapper simply delegates
the accesses from managed code into unmanaged C++.

Willy.