Extern Win32 API and structures

[Ondrej Sevecek]

Hello,
I want to use some Win32 API call which itself uses some structure types a
input/output parameters. I would use "extern" and "DllImport" manually, but
this would expose a lot of work for me - struct redefinitions.
Is there any simple method to import structure types from C++ .H files
into C# code or is there some predefined class containing the whole Win32
API stubs so I wouldn't have to define them myself?

Ondra.

[Mattias Sjögren]

Re: Extern Win32 API and structures

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> Is there any simple method to import structure types from C++ .H files
>into C# code[/color]

No, that's not trivial at all.

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>or is there some predefined class containing the whole Win32
>API stubs so I wouldn't have to define them myself?[/color]

Not in the framework, but there are some projects online that try to
do this. Here's one for example:

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Win32.asp

Mattias

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[Mattias Sjögren]

Re: Extern Win32 API and structures

[color=blue]
> Is there any simple method to import structure types from C++ .H files
>into C# code[/color]

No, that's not trivial at all.

[color=blue]
>or is there some predefined class containing the whole Win32
>API stubs so I wouldn't have to define them myself?[/color]

Not in the framework, but there are some projects online that try to
do this. Here's one for example:

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Win32.asp

Mattias

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