I have an existing VC6 ATL COM DLL. It has a number of methods within it
that take a byte array as the methods parameters. Here's what the IDL looks
like in the VC6 DLL:
[id(32), helpstring("met hod GetSystemConfig ")] HRESULT GetSystemConfig ([in,
out] SAFEARRAY(unsig ned char) *pData, [out, retval] long *retval);
As you can see it is a byte array (SAFEARRAY)
In the VB.NET object browser the the prototype looks like this:
Public Function GetSystemConfig (ByRef pData as System.Array) as Integer
PROBLEM: Everyone of the API calls made in the following code section throws
an error:
"Specified array was not of the expected type. Err.Number = 5 "
I currently have VB.NET up in the VC 6 debugger just to see if the interface
ever gets called, and it does not. Which means my problem is in the interop
dll that Dot net creates automatically.
Public Function GetSystemConfig (ByRef pBytes As System.Array) As Integer
On Error GoTo processerror
Dim pByte() As Byte
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(pByte ) = S_OK)
Dim pByt(512) As Byte
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(pByt) = S_OK)
Dim chars As Byte() = System.Text.Enc oding.ASCII.Get Bytes("hello
world")
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(chars ) = S_OK)
Dim arr As Array
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(arr) = S_OK)
Dim strArr() As String = {"1", "2", "3"}
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(strAr r) = S_OK)
Dim pB(512) As Char
GetSystemConfig = (ESITapi.GetSys temConfig(pB) = S_OK)
End Function
Is there any way I can debug VB.NETS interop DLL ?
Any idea's what's wrong with the parameters I'm passing ?
FYI, I'm using VS 2005
This ATL control was written for use with VB6 and has been in production for
years, I'm trying to reuse it in the Dot Net world.
Anyone got any ideas ?
Dave
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Hi Dave,
From you description, I understand that you want to call ATL COM DLL in
VB.NET. The COM DLL has been working with VB6 well.
If I misunderstood, please feel free to let me know.
I think so far can you provide the some code about what will you do in the
method
[id(32), helpstring("met hod GetSystemConfig ")] HRESULT GetSystemConfig ([in,
out] SAFEARRAY(unsig ned char) *pData, [out, retval] long *retval);
Also We have a wizard to upgrade VB6 application to VB.NET, I think you may
try to use that Wizard to upgrade VB6 program to VB.NET to see if that
works.
Please NOTE that may need some tweak after convertion.
You may have a try and let me know the result.
If you still have any concern, please feel free to let me know.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Peter,
I actually figured this problem out. It took me all day but I determined
that the SafeArray type that I assigned it in the code and the type that I
assigned to it in the IDL were different. This didn't cause any problems in
VB6 but in VB.NET and C# when used with the .Net interop dll it is a
problem.
I'm not using VB6, I'm using VB.NET, there is no problems using the DLL with
VB6 that's what it was initially used for. VB.NET and C# have problems with
this dll.
On another note, is there a way to debug the interop DLL ? Like generate a
project for it for debugging purposes ?
Here's what needs to be known by anyone that trys to do interop with an ATL
COM control with SafeArrays as parameters in methods. This code sample was
cut and pasted in but should provide a decent example.
[id(32), helpstring("met hod GetSystemConfig ")] HRESULT GetSystemConfig ([in,
out] SAFEARRAY(unsig ned char) *pData, [out, retval] long *retval);
STDMETHODIMP CATLTapi::GetSy stemConfig(SAFE ARRAY **pData, long *retval)
{
SAFEARRAY* pAr = NULL;
SAFEARRAYBOUND rgsArrayBound[1];
rgsArrayBound[0].Lbound = 0;
rgsArrayBound[0].cElements = 50; // Array length
pAr = SafeArrayCreate (VT_UI1,1,rgsAr rayBound);
// Pointer to the pAr's data section
LPVOID pV;
HRESULT RES;
RES = SafeArrayAccess Data(pAr,&pV);
if(RES)
{
LogIt("OnDevSpe cific() SafeArrayAccess Data Error!");
break;
}
memcpy(pV,"1234 567890123456789 012345678901234 567890123456789 0",50);
SafeArrayUnacce ssData(pAr);
*pData = pAr;
.....
Dave
""Peter Huang" [MSFT]" <v-******@online.m icrosoft.com> wrote in message
news:CZ******** ******@TK2MSFTN GXA01.phx.gbl.. . Hi Dave,
From you description, I understand that you want to call ATL COM DLL in
VB.NET. The COM DLL has been working with VB6 well.
If I misunderstood, please feel free to let me know.
I think so far can you provide the some code about what will you do in the
method
[id(32), helpstring("met hod GetSystemConfig ")] HRESULT
GetSystemConfig ([in, out] SAFEARRAY(unsig ned char) *pData, [out, retval] long *retval);
Also We have a wizard to upgrade VB6 application to VB.NET, I think you
may try to use that Wizard to upgrade VB6 program to VB.NET to see if that
works.
Please NOTE that may need some tweak after convertion.
You may have a try and let me know the result.
If you still have any concern, please feel free to let me know.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hi Dave,
From your description, you have resolved the issue, if I have any
misunderstandin g please feel free to post here.
I know that your solution worked in VB6, because we can upgrade VB6 Project
into VB.NET project, so I suggest you have a try.
To debug an application, we need the symbols otherwisse we will only see if
the assembly code. Unfortunately , the IDE generated Interop Assembly
neither generated Symbols(commonl y it is pdb file) nor source code. So we
can not debug into it.
But if you have both .NET client source code and C++ source code, we can
debug into the C++ code when we try to call into C++ aproach from .NET.
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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I have already upgraded the VB6 project to VB.NET, but I still use it as a
reference point.
I know how to debug the C++ code, I actually launch VS 2005 from the VS 6
debugger.
It's too bad the interop can't be debugged seems like there could be some
value in that.
""Peter Huang" [MSFT]" <v-******@online.m icrosoft.com> wrote in message
news:mQ******** ******@TK2MSFTN GXA01.phx.gbl.. . Hi Dave,
From your description, you have resolved the issue, if I have any
misunderstandin g please feel free to post here.
I know that your solution worked in VB6, because we can upgrade VB6
Project into VB.NET project, so I suggest you have a try.
To debug an application, we need the symbols otherwisse we will only see
if the assembly code. Unfortunately , the IDE generated Interop Assembly
neither generated Symbols(commonl y it is pdb file) nor source code. So we
can not debug into it.
But if you have both .NET client source code and C++ source code, we can
debug into the C++ code when we try to call into C++ aproach from .NET.
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Hi Dave,
As I said before, the IDE did not generate Symbol file and source file for
the Interop Assembly so the any debugger did not know that the code is.
If you do need to behavior, you have to create the Interop Assembly
manually so that it is a common class library coded by yourself.
How to: Create Wrappers Manually http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...00(VS.80).aspx
But we may still need the symbols for the CLR itself.
Commonly the IDE will generate correct Wrap assembly for us, if you did not
want the generated Assembly, we have to create one ourselves per the link
above.
Anyway, there is a detailed COM Interop Referece Book, you may have a check.
..NET and COM: The Complete Interoperabilit y Guide (Paperback)
by Adam Nathan http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...3?v=glance&n=2
83155
If you still have any concern, please feel free to post here.
Best regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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