[CF]Invoke a dll function with a struct paremeters wich contains char

[Yannick S.]

Hi all,

I want to re-use what I have written in C/C++ in a C# projet (Compact
framework).

In the C/C++ project :

I have a dll : myDll.dll
I have a struct : myStruct
I have a function : myFunction

typedef struct myStruct
{
char* a;
char* b;
} myStruct;

extern "C" MYDLL_DLL_API int myFunction(myStruct *pMyStruct){

pMyStrunct.a = new char[36];
return 1;
}

How do I do to make it work in my C# programm ?

I have try several way but the only I found is to use unsafe code:
[StructLayout(Layout.Sequential)]
public unsafe class MyStruct
{
char *a;
char *b
}

[DllImport("MyDll.dll")]
public static extern int myFunc([In,Out] ref MyStruct);


but when I call myFunc in a C# prog :
MyStruct ms = new MyStruct();
myFunc(ref ms);

after that ms value null.

How is it possible ? How can I make to call a dll function that take a
structure in parameters and that structure has a string field. It is for the
compact framework, so the MarshalAs does not exit, and the Charset param in
the Structlayout does not exist.

thx for your help.

 

[Alex Feinman [MVP]]

It's a class, not a struct. Try removing "ref". Also instead are you sure
your unmanaged code uses ANSI (vs Unicode)?

 

[Yannick S.]

you are right, that was the ref.
I am sure I use ANSI.

The real function of myFunc is to get a array of myStruct generated in the
dll. myStruct contains several field like variable size char.

PS: Alex I use you CFLauncher and it is very usefull

It's a class, not a struct. Try removing "ref". Also instead are you sure
your unmanaged code uses ANSI (vs Unicode)?

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Hi all,

I want to re-use what I have written in C/C++ in a C# projet (Compact
framework).

In the C/C++ project :

I have a dll : myDll.dll
I have a struct : myStruct
I have a function : myFunction

typedef struct myStruct
{
char* a;
char* b;
} myStruct;

extern "C" MYDLL_DLL_API int myFunction(myStruct *pMyStruct){

pMyStrunct.a = new char[36];
return 1;
}

How do I do to make it work in my C# programm ?

I have try several way but the only I found is to use unsafe code:
[StructLayout(Layout.Sequential)]
public unsafe class MyStruct
{
char *a;
char *b
}

[DllImport("MyDll.dll")]
public static extern int myFunc([In,Out] ref MyStruct);


but when I call myFunc in a C# prog :
MyStruct ms = new MyStruct();
myFunc(ref ms);

after that ms value null.

How is it possible ? How can I make to call a dll function that take a
structure in parameters and that structure has a string field. It is for
the compact framework, so the MarshalAs does not exit, and the Charset
param in the Structlayout does not exist.

thx for your help.