Using old dll library in .NET

[Christian Onet]

Hello everybody,
I am new to .NET .
I plan to create a www service that uses old dll library written in C++.
If I use CGI to call this library from IIS , that is supposed to be quite
heavy and resource consuming because for every http request a new instance
of that library will be created ( I understand CGI that way).

Is there any way to encapsulate that library in .NET environment (ASP.NET
for example ? ) so all the requests will be served by preferably a single
instance of that library ?

Any help will be very appreciated,
Thank you
Christian

 

[Scott M.]

You could just make a COM reference to your library from within the .NET
application.