Managed DLL in unmanaged c++?

[Plater]

The biggest problem is that my higher-up is a stubborn guy and won't use anything other then MFC.
I have a DLL that I wrote in C# that performs some socket operations.

Is there anyway to use this DLL in unmanaged code? (The system it will be running on supports managed code and runs .Net2.0)

He needs this functionality, but he would rather talk on a socket to another program running and tell that one to perform the socket options.
That's a lot of extra overhead if I can get away with letting him use my dll.

Is it possible to go managed->unmanaged?

[Banfa]

Is it possible to go managed->unmanaged?

In C++ in theory yes.

Unfortunately that just about reaches the limit of my knowledge of .NET

However try these links

http://blogs.msdn.com/deeptanshuv/ar...26/432870.aspx

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread395675.html

[weaknessforcats]

Is it possible to go managed->unmanaged?

Yep.

Just code:

#pragma manaaged
 
//managed code goes here
 
#pragma unmanaged
 
//unmanaged code goes here
 
#pragma managed
 
//back to managed code again
 

[Plater]

It's gotta be a "compiled" thing he can use because embeded doesn't do managed code in it's compiler

[weaknessforcats]

MFC aside, your managed code requires a CLR. I assume that's OK.

Therfore, have your MFC relic call a DLL function that's not managed. That function calls the managed code. That restricts all of the managed vs unmanaged to the dll and therefore to the building of the dll.

[Plater]

MFC aside, your managed code requires a CLR. I assume that's OK.

Therfore, have your MFC relic call a DLL function that's not managed. That function calls the managed code. That restricts all of the managed vs unmanaged to the dll and therefore to the building of the dll.

That is an interesting idea that I will look in to.