P/Invoke help with C# declaration of C function char * func(const char *)

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Ted Sung

Hi,

I'm trying to call a C function from a DLL. The C function is
declared as

char * function( const char * )

I'm declaring it in C# as follows:

[DllImport(@"d:\mywork\csharp\testsubs\cmosub32.dll")]
public static extern string icmo_version_chk(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
string version );


and using it as follows:

string sTestVersion = "3.0f_p2";
string sVersion = icmo_version_chk( sTestVersion );

I get an exception: System.NullReferenceException ... Object reference
could not set to an instance of an object.

What am I doing wrong? Is it the string icmo_version_chk? If so,
what should I use.

Thanks,

Ted
 
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Nonetheless, you might want to try doing this instead...
[DllImport(@"d:\mywork\csharp\testsubs\cmosub32.dll")]
public static extern String icmo_version_chk(
String version );
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Ted Sung said:
Hi,

I'm trying to call a C function from a DLL. The C function is
declared as

char * function( const char * )

I'm declaring it in C# as follows:

[DllImport(@"d:\mywork\csharp\testsubs\cmosub32.dll")]
public static extern string icmo_version_chk(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
string version );


and using it as follows:

string sTestVersion = "3.0f_p2";
string sVersion = icmo_version_chk( sTestVersion );

I get an exception: System.NullReferenceException ... Object reference
could not set to an instance of an object.

What am I doing wrong? Is it the string icmo_version_chk? If so,
what should I use.

Thanks,

Ted
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