vb to c# dll

[segue]

What's a good way to get to these groups dotnet.languages.vb and csharp,
I hate scrolling the udl.

I'd also like to see my references in a folder in the solution explorer
like I used
to in VS2005. The references are no longer visible for some reason unless I
use
project references.

Main question:

I'm using a referenced C# .dll in my vb.net project.
I'm trying to pass a string containing a filepath from a vb.net forms
application to a C# dll function. When I step to the C# function my string
suddenly has extra backslashes. In C# I tried using the replace function
fileName.Replace("\\", "\");
but I got three errors, 1. newline in constant, ) and ; expected.

Suggestions appreciated.

[Shawn Wildermuth (C# MVP)]

Hello segue,

In C# (like C++ before it), the \ character is an escape character. In other
words, they expect the \ to be followed by another character to tell what
character to actually show. For example, I can do this in C#:

string s = "He said, \"Hello THere\"";

The \" tells the string to put an actual quote in my text. One of the most
common escape sequences you will see with \ is \\. When you see \\ in your
C# code, its the same as seeing \ in your VB.NET code. You can jsut treat
it as a single slash. Don't worry about seeing it in the C# code...its
normal...don't try and fix it.
Thanks,
Shawn Wildermuth
Speaker, Author and C# MVP
http://adoguy.com

What's a good way to get to these groups dotnet.languages.vb and
csharp, I hate scrolling the udl.

I'd also like to see my references in a folder in the solution
explorer
like I used
to in VS2005. The references are no longer visible for some reason
unless I
use
project references.
Main question:

I'm using a referenced C# .dll in my vb.net project.
I'm trying to pass a string containing a filepath from a vb.net forms
application to a C# dll function. When I step to the C# function my
string
suddenly has extra backslashes. In C# I tried using the replace
function
fileName.Replace("\\", "\");
but I got three errors, 1. newline in constant, ) and ; expected.
Suggestions appreciated.

[Lebesgue]

The extra backslashes are just escaped single backslashes, you should not
try to replace them :-)

You can use verbatim string literals if you want to avoid escaping

string aString = @"\Hello \new world\" which produces the same as string foo
= "\\Hello \\new world\\"

but expect to see \\ in debugger. That's how it works (I guess this can be
changed somewhere in the settings)

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>
What's a good way to get to these groups dotnet.languages.vb and csharp,
I hate scrolling the udl.

I'd also like to see my references in a folder in the solution explorer
like I used
to in VS2005. The references are no longer visible for some reason unless
I
use
project references.

Main question:

I'm using a referenced C# .dll in my vb.net project.
I'm trying to pass a string containing a filepath from a vb.net forms
application to a C# dll function. When I step to the C# function my string
suddenly has extra backslashes. In C# I tried using the replace function
fileName.Replace("\\", "\");
but I got three errors, 1. newline in constant, ) and ; expected.

Suggestions appreciated.

[segue]

Oh the shame. Well thanks.

"Lebesgue" wrote:

The extra backslashes are just escaped single backslashes, you should not
try to replace them :-)

You can use verbatim string literals if you want to avoid escaping

string aString = @"\Hello \new world\" which produces the same as string foo
= "\\Hello \\new world\\"

but expect to see \\ in debugger. That's how it works (I guess this can be
changed somewhere in the settings)

"segue" <se***@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:6E**********************************@microsof t.com...

What's a good way to get to these groups dotnet.languages.vb and csharp,
I hate scrolling the udl.

I'd also like to see my references in a folder in the solution explorer
like I used
to in VS2005. The references are no longer visible for some reason unless
I
use
project references.

Main question:

I'm using a referenced C# .dll in my vb.net project.
I'm trying to pass a string containing a filepath from a vb.net forms
application to a C# dll function. When I step to the C# function my string
suddenly has extra backslashes. In C# I tried using the replace function
fileName.Replace("\\", "\");
but I got three errors, 1. newline in constant, ) and ; expected.

Suggestions appreciated.