PInvoke with return type long problem

[Steve]

I'm trying to call some unmanaged methods from a DLL. I did this awhile
ago, a couple years ago... I'm a little rusty. I will show you what I'm
dealing with:

<unmanaged function signature>
STATUS_T WINAPI MSP430_Initialize(CHAR* port, LONG* version);

</unmanaged function signature>

STATUS_T is a long (typedef long STATUS_T)
CHAR is a char (winnt.h)
LONG is a long(winnt.h)

Here is my c# signature:
<c# signature>
[DllImport("MSP430.dll")]

static extern long MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);

</c# signature>

This doesn't crash (it did before I added the 'out' keyword) but it also
doesn't return a valid value. If I make the same call from a unmanaged c
app I get a return result of: 0
In my c# app I get: 8589934592
I'm not seeing the problem. I know PInvoke can be a tricky bastard... but
this seems pretty straightforward. Anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Steve]

weird. I found that if I changed the return type to an int in the managed
code it works fine.

static extern int MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);
Anyone know why?

"Steve" <ss*@sss.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to call some unmanaged methods from a DLL. I did this awhile
ago, a couple years ago... I'm a little rusty. I will show you what I'm
dealing with:

<unmanaged function signature>
STATUS_T WINAPI MSP430_Initialize(CHAR* port, LONG* version);

</unmanaged function signature>

STATUS_T is a long (typedef long STATUS_T)
CHAR is a char (winnt.h)
LONG is a long(winnt.h)

Here is my c# signature:
<c# signature>
[DllImport("MSP430.dll")]

static extern long MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);

</c# signature>

This doesn't crash (it did before I added the 'out' keyword) but it also
doesn't return a valid value. If I make the same call from a unmanaged c
app I get a return result of: 0
In my c# app I get: 8589934592
I'm not seeing the problem. I know PInvoke can be a tricky bastard... but
this seems pretty straightforward. Anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Mark]

because a int in C# is equivilent to a long in C++.
an int16 is equivlent to a short in C++.

Cheers,
Mark

"Steve" wrote:

weird. I found that if I changed the return type to an int in the managed
code it works fine.

static extern int MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);
Anyone know why?

"Steve" <ss*@sss.com> wrote in message
news:eZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I'm trying to call some unmanaged methods from a DLL. I did this awhile
ago, a couple years ago... I'm a little rusty. I will show you what I'm
dealing with:

<unmanaged function signature>
STATUS_T WINAPI MSP430_Initialize(CHAR* port, LONG* version);

</unmanaged function signature>

STATUS_T is a long (typedef long STATUS_T)
CHAR is a char (winnt.h)
LONG is a long(winnt.h)

Here is my c# signature:
<c# signature>
[DllImport("MSP430.dll")]

static extern long MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);

</c# signature>

This doesn't crash (it did before I added the 'out' keyword) but it also
doesn't return a valid value. If I make the same call from a unmanaged c
app I get a return result of: 0
In my c# app I get: 8589934592
I'm not seeing the problem. I know PInvoke can be a tricky bastard... but
this seems pretty straightforward. Anyone have any ideas for me?

Thanks for reading,
Steve

[Steve]

Thanks Mark, I should have known that :0)

Have a good weekend,
Steve
"Mark" <Ma**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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because a int in C# is equivilent to a long in C++.
an int16 is equivlent to a short in C++.

Cheers,
Mark

"Steve" wrote:

weird. I found that if I changed the return type to an int in the
managed
code it works fine.

static extern int MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);
Anyone know why?

"Steve" <ss*@sss.com> wrote in message
news:eZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> I'm trying to call some unmanaged methods from a DLL. I did this
> awhile
> ago, a couple years ago... I'm a little rusty. I will show you what
> I'm
> dealing with:
>
> <unmanaged function signature>
> STATUS_T WINAPI MSP430_Initialize(CHAR* port, LONG* version);
>
> </unmanaged function signature>
>
> STATUS_T is a long (typedef long STATUS_T)
> CHAR is a char (winnt.h)
> LONG is a long(winnt.h)
>
> Here is my c# signature:
> <c# signature>
> [DllImport("MSP430.dll")]
>
> static extern long MSP430_Initialize(string port, out long version);
>
> </c# signature>
>
> This doesn't crash (it did before I added the 'out' keyword) but it
> also
> doesn't return a valid value. If I make the same call from a unmanaged
> c
> app I get a return result of: 0
> In my c# app I get: 8589934592
>
>
> I'm not seeing the problem. I know PInvoke can be a tricky bastard...
> but
> this seems pretty straightforward. Anyone have any ideas for me?
>
> Thanks for reading,
> Steve
>