File menu -> New Project -> choose your Programing language (Visual C#/VB etc.) -> Windows -> Class Library. After the project has been created, make use of Build menu -> Build Solution (or Build [Project Name]) to compile the project. You may find out the dll in the folder: project folder\bin\debug(or release)
Ok, tutorial. You have a C++ class NativeClass that you want to expose to C#. class NativeClass { public: void Method(); }; 1) Create a C++/CLI project. Link to your C++ library and headers. 2) Create a wrapper class that exposes the methods you want. Example: #include “NativeClass.h” public ref class NativeClassWrapper { NativeClass* m_nativeClass; … Read more
Depends on what type of DLL. Is this built in .NET ? if it is unmanaged code then here is an example otherwise the Answer from Rob will work. Unmanaged C++ dll example: using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; You may need to use DllImport [DllImport(@”C:\Cadence\SPB_16.5\tools\bin\mpsc.dll”)] static extern void mpscExit(); or [DllImport(“user32.dll”, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] public static … Read more
There are 4 files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\redist\x64\Microsoft.VC140.CRT. Does that mean I just need to copy them to my application’s directory during the install process? Yes, and the paragraph you quoted means just that. Is this OK to do? Do I need to show a license? Why aren’t more people doing this … Read more
As documented, the default type of library is determined by the BUILD_SHARED_LIBS variable. You can explicitly request a shared library with: add_library(yourlib SHARED file.c …)
Easier option to refresh / reload references & types DLL (for example COM interop types) without re-adding all DLLs one-by-one is to reload all projects that reference it like this:
Static libraries on Linux have the .a file extension. Static libraries on Windows have the .lib file extension. Dynamic libraries on Windows have the .dll extension; in order to link against a DLL, an import library is required. The import library is a static library. It contains the code required to load the DLL. Now … Read more
From what I understand, an assembly specifically built for x86 and running in a 64-bit operating system can only load libraries built for x86 or a BadImageFormatException will be thrown. In a 64-bit OS, an assembly built for Any CPU or x64 will throw the same exception when trying to load an x86 library. So, … Read more
Assuming you reference the class library from the WPF application you can reference and display the image in the WPF application with the following XAML: <Image Source=”/ClassLibraryName;Component/images/myimage.png”/> The important thing here is “ClassLibraryName” which is the assembly name for your class library. “/images/myimage.png” is the path to your image. You can find out more about … Read more