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Why is P/Invoke called P/invoke?

For example i'm told the following is an example of P/Invoke: -

[DllImport("User32.dll")]
static extern Boolean MessageBeep(UInt32 beepType);
but i see no mention of Pinvoke in this code, where does the name
originate from?

Thanks,

Gary.

Dec 5 '06 #1
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Thankyou Marc.

Marc Gravell wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinvoke
Dec 5 '06 #3

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