C++ capability within C#

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I have some background with C and C++ and am considering migration to Visual C#.NET for academic work. To get started, is it possible to compile working C++ code in the Visual C#.NET environment? If so, how is it done

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Sam Gentile [MVP]]

I assume that the existing C++ is unmanaged. Basically, C# cannot directly
call or consume native C++. However, Managed C++ can. It actually lets you
have unmanaged and managed in the same file! So what you can do is use MC++
to write a managed wrapper around your native C++. Then you can call it and
use it from C# (and any other CLR language). I did some articles on this a
while back for O'Reilly. See below. Its also in my book.

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/03/03/mcppp2.html

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I have some background with C and C++ and am considering migration to

Visual C#.NET for academic work. To get started, is it possible to compile
working C++ code in the Visual C#.NET environment? If so, how is it done?

 

[Roy Fine]

I have some background with C and C++ and am considering migration to

Visual C#.NET for academic work. To get started, is it possible to compile
working C++ code in the Visual C#.NET environment? If so, how is it done?
Nope -- that wont work -- While the C# language *may* be based somewhat on
C++, it's quite a different kettle of fish.

Your choices are at least these:
1) using managed VC++
2) leverage your C++ knowledge - and learn C#

Note : while C# is quite a different language, managed VC++ (for .Net
runtime environment) is somewhere in between - <grotesque>it ain't VC++ and
it ain't C#</grotesque>


regards
roy fine