C++ Calling a C# method

[fatemah.aldouli]

Hi,
I am new to C# (and not an expert in C++). I am trying to use a C++
program to call a C# windows application (to be specific the Main()
method of the C# application). What should I do? Somebody else created
the C# app...and I am just trying to use it.
I am thinking about adding a C++ win32 project to the solution (where
the C# app exists) and somehow link the C# application, which is not a
DLL, to the C++ one. I just do not know how!

If you have done this before, or done something similar, or think that
this is doable please help! I spent A LOT of time searching online, but
almost everybody wants to call C++ functions/dll in a C# app...not the
other way around, which is what I am trying to do. Please help.
Thanks.

P.S. If this is not the right group to post such question, please
direct me to one. Thanks.

[Shailen Sukul]

If you just want to fire the C# applicaiton then just start the exe from the
C++ application using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("app.exe")

If you want a reference to the C# app from the C++ app, you will have to
convert the C# app to a dll and then add a reference to it in the C++ app.

Hope that helps.

--
Good luck!

Shailen Sukul
Architect
(BSc MCTS, MCSD.Net MCSD MCAD)
Ashlen Consulting Service P/L
(http://www.ashlen.net.au)
"fa*************@gmail.com" wrote:

Hi,
I am new to C# (and not an expert in C++). I am trying to use a C++
program to call a C# windows application (to be specific the Main()
method of the C# application). What should I do? Somebody else created
the C# app...and I am just trying to use it.
I am thinking about adding a C++ win32 project to the solution (where
the C# app exists) and somehow link the C# application, which is not a
DLL, to the C++ one. I just do not know how!

If you have done this before, or done something similar, or think that
this is doable please help! I spent A LOT of time searching online, but
almost everybody wants to call C++ functions/dll in a C# app...not the
other way around, which is what I am trying to do. Please help.
Thanks.

P.S. If this is not the right group to post such question, please
direct me to one. Thanks.

[fatemah.aldouli]

Shailen, thanks for your reply.

What I want to do is call some methods in the C# application (from the
C++ one).I looked under the C# application directory and did not find a
..dll file for the application. If I still need to convert the C# app to
a dll, can I do that w/o changing the code itself (I am referring to an
option some software packages offer..."create an executable" or "create
a dll")? I guess what I am trying to ask is how do I convert the C#
windows application to a DLL. As you can teell, I am very not very
familiar with the Microsoft visual studio C++ IDE.

Thanks.

Shailen Sukul wrote:

If you just want to fire the C# applicaiton then just start the exe from the
C++ application using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("app.exe")

If you want a reference to the C# app from the C++ app, you will have to
convert the C# app to a dll and then add a reference to it in the C++ app.

Hope that helps.

--
Good luck!

Shailen Sukul
Architect
(BSc MCTS, MCSD.Net MCSD MCAD)
Ashlen Consulting Service P/L
(http://www.ashlen.net.au)
"fa*************@gmail.com" wrote:

Hi,
I am new to C# (and not an expert in C++). I am trying to use a C++
program to call a C# windows application (to be specific the Main()
method of the C# application). What should I do? Somebody else created
the C# app...and I am just trying to use it.
I am thinking about adding a C++ win32 project to the solution (where
the C# app exists) and somehow link the C# application, which is not a
DLL, to the C++ one. I just do not know how!

If you have done this before, or done something similar, or think that
this is doable please help! I spent A LOT of time searching online, but
almost everybody wants to call C++ functions/dll in a C# app...not the
other way around, which is what I am trying to do. Please help.
Thanks.

P.S. If this is not the right group to post such question, please
direct me to one. Thanks.

[Shailen Sukul]

To convert a windows forms project to a dll go to project properties and
change the output type from Windows Application to Class Library and then
recompile your application.

HTH.
--
Good luck!

Shailen Sukul
Architect
(BSc MCTS, MCSD.Net MCSD MCAD)
Ashlen Consulting Service P/L
(http://www.ashlen.net.au)
"fa*************@gmail.com" wrote:

Shailen, thanks for your reply.

What I want to do is call some methods in the C# application (from the
C++ one).I looked under the C# application directory and did not find a
..dll file for the application. If I still need to convert the C# app to
a dll, can I do that w/o changing the code itself (I am referring to an
option some software packages offer..."create an executable" or "create
a dll")? I guess what I am trying to ask is how do I convert the C#
windows application to a DLL. As you can teell, I am very not very
familiar with the Microsoft visual studio C++ IDE.

Thanks.

Shailen Sukul wrote:

If you just want to fire the C# applicaiton then just start the exe from the
C++ application using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("app.exe")

If you want a reference to the C# app from the C++ app, you will have to
convert the C# app to a dll and then add a reference to it in the C++ app.

Hope that helps.

--
Good luck!

Shailen Sukul
Architect
(BSc MCTS, MCSD.Net MCSD MCAD)
Ashlen Consulting Service P/L
(http://www.ashlen.net.au)
"fa*************@gmail.com" wrote:

Hi,
I am new to C# (and not an expert in C++). I am trying to use a C++
program to call a C# windows application (to be specific the Main()
method of the C# application). What should I do? Somebody else created
the C# app...and I am just trying to use it.
I am thinking about adding a C++ win32 project to the solution (where
the C# app exists) and somehow link the C# application, which is not a
DLL, to the C++ one. I just do not know how!
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If you have done this before, or done something similar, or think that
this is doable please help! I spent A LOT of time searching online, but
almost everybody wants to call C++ functions/dll in a C# app...not the
other way around, which is what I am trying to do. Please help.
Thanks.
>
P.S. If this is not the right group to post such question, please
direct me to one. Thanks.
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