"HINSTANCE hInstance" in C#

[scottt]

I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions requires
a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C# program. How do I
access this in C#.

Thanks,

[James Curran]

scottt wrote:

I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
program. How do I access this in C#.

I believe what you are looking for is:

Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle

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[scottt]

Thanks. I think that was it but I have one more question. The C++ code is
doing a LoadLibrary() to get a handle of the DLL being loaded. Is there a way
of getting the handle to the DLL in C# if I am using DllImport as in:

[DllImport("myDLL.Dll", EntryPoint="function",
ExactSpelling=false,CallingConvention=CallingConve ntion.Cdecl)]
static extern bool function(int, int param, ref int ex);

If not how can I get the handle. Thx.

Thanks,


"James Curran" wrote:

scottt wrote:

I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
program. How do I access this in C#.

I believe what you are looking for is:

Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle

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James Curran [erstwhile-MVP]
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Blog: www.honestillusion.com Day Job: www.partsearch.com

[Mattias Sjögren]

> I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
> requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
> program. How do I access this in C#.
I believe what you are looking for is:

Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle

No that'll give you a process handle. What you need is something like
Marshal.GetHINSTANCE(typeof(YourType).Module).

The C++ code is
doing a LoadLibrary() to get a handle of the DLL being loaded. Is there a way
of getting the handle to the DLL in C# if I am using DllImport as in:

You can call LoadLibrary from managed code as well if you want but I'm
not sure why you need it in this case.
Mattias

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[scottt]

What I am doing is trying to porting C++ code to C#.
In the C++ code one of the function calls uses the handle returned from
LoadLibrary() as a parameter. Since I am using the "DLLImport" I don't have
that handl to pass into the function. I am looking for a way in C# to get the
same handle as if I had called LoadLibrary().

Any suggestions on how I would get this.
And just as a follow up to my first question the
"Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle" is not correct. To get the hWnd I think
I need to do the following:

myForm.Handle.ToInt32()

Thanks.

"Mattias Sjögren" wrote:

> I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
> requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
> program. How do I access this in C#.

I believe what you are looking for is:

Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle

No that'll give you a process handle. What you need is something like
Marshal.GetHINSTANCE(typeof(YourType).Module).

The C++ code is
doing a LoadLibrary() to get a handle of the DLL being loaded. Is there a way
of getting the handle to the DLL in C# if I am using DllImport as in:

You can call LoadLibrary from managed code as well if you want but I'm
not sure why you need it in this case.
Mattias

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[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

You'll have to call LoadLibrary to get the module handle.

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);
IntPtr moduleHandle = LoadLibrary("some.dll");

Note that you may combine LoadLibrary and DllImport for the same module.

[DllImport("some.dll")]
static extern int f(..);
....
IntPtr moduleHandle = LoadLibrary("some.dll"); //load some.dll
int i = f(..); // this call will attach to the already loaded dll
Willy.
"scottt" <sc****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14**********************************@microsof t.com...

What I am doing is trying to porting C++ code to C#.
In the C++ code one of the function calls uses the handle returned from
LoadLibrary() as a parameter. Since I am using the "DLLImport" I don't
have
that handl to pass into the function. I am looking for a way in C# to get
the
same handle as if I had called LoadLibrary().

Any suggestions on how I would get this.
And just as a follow up to my first question the
"Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle" is not correct. To get the hWnd I
think
I need to do the following:

myForm.Handle.ToInt32()

Thanks.

"Mattias Sjögren" wrote:

>> > I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
>> > requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
>> > program. How do I access this in C#.
>>
>> I believe what you are looking for is:
>>
>> Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle

No that'll give you a process handle. What you need is something like
Marshal.GetHINSTANCE(typeof(YourType).Module).

>The C++ code is
>doing a LoadLibrary() to get a handle of the DLL being loaded. Is there
>a way
>of getting the handle to the DLL in C# if I am using DllImport as in:

You can call LoadLibrary from managed code as well if you want but I'm
not sure why you need it in this case.
Mattias

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[scottt]

Thanks again Willy. so simple I just over looked the obvious.

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" wrote:

You'll have to call LoadLibrary to get the module handle.

[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);
IntPtr moduleHandle = LoadLibrary("some.dll");

Note that you may combine LoadLibrary and DllImport for the same module.

[DllImport("some.dll")]
static extern int f(..);
....
IntPtr moduleHandle = LoadLibrary("some.dll"); //load some.dll
int i = f(..); // this call will attach to the already loaded dll
Willy.
"scottt" <sc****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:14**********************************@microsof t.com...

What I am doing is trying to porting C++ code to C#.
In the C++ code one of the function calls uses the handle returned from
LoadLibrary() as a parameter. Since I am using the "DLLImport" I don't
have
that handl to pass into the function. I am looking for a way in C# to get
the
same handle as if I had called LoadLibrary().

Any suggestions on how I would get this.
And just as a follow up to my first question the
"Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle" is not correct. To get the hWnd I
think
I need to do the following:

myForm.Handle.ToInt32()

Thanks.

"Mattias Sjögren" wrote:

>> > I am trying to call into some C++ code from C#. One of the functions
>> > requires a handle to the instance (HINSTANCE hInstance) of the C#
>> > program. How do I access this in C#.
>>
>> I believe what you are looking for is:
>>
>> Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle
No that'll give you a process handle. What you need is something like
Marshal.GetHINSTANCE(typeof(YourType).Module).
>The C++ code is
>doing a LoadLibrary() to get a handle of the DLL being loaded. Is there
>a way
>of getting the handle to the DLL in C# if I am using DllImport as in:

You can call LoadLibrary from managed code as well if you want but I'm
not sure why you need it in this case.
Mattias

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