UnManaged VC++ to call C# DLL

From:
"Mads Westen" <mw@datasign.dk>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:34:10 +0200
Message-ID:
<#JieBbitGHA.4116@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
Hi,

I want to create a "dynamic" unmanaged VC++ wrapper that can call any C#
DLL.

I'm thinking that I call the the wrapper from another program like this:
dllcall(name_of_wrapper_function , name_of_C#function_parms_to_be_handled)
First off I want to know if my idea is possible, but a simple example would
be nice. :)

My knowledge in VC++ is very limited, but I have this code from a example.
This works but as you can see the it is some very simple functions:

<<-- CODE -->>
#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif

const int STRMAX = 255;
static char* m_buffer;

// Definition of the Dynamic Link Library Initialization function - LibMain.
// This is called only once - when the XAL statement DllOpen is called for
// the first time. Any further calls of DllOpen will not result in calls to
// the LibMain function until the XAL statement DllClose has been called.
BOOL APIENTRY DllEntryPoint( HINSTANCE hinstDll,
                           DWORD fdwRreason,
                           LPVOID plvReserved)
{
    switch (fdwRreason)
    {
        case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
        case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
        return 1;

        case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:

   TRACE0("CPPXAL.DLL Initializing!\n");

            // Put initialization code here (Run the first time DllOpen is
called)
            // for each process
            m_buffer = (char*)malloc(STRMAX*sizeof(char));
            if( NULL == m_buffer )
                return 0;
            else
                return 1;

        case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
           free(m_buffer);
           return 1 ;
    }
 return 0;
}

extern "C" char* FAR PASCAL EXPORT STR2UPPER(long unused, const char*
parameter)
{
 m_buffer = AnsiUpper((char*)parameter);
 return m_buffer;
}

extern "C" char* FAR PASCAL EXPORT STR2LOWER(long unused, const char*
parameter)
{
 m_buffer = AnsiLower((char*)parameter);
 return m_buffer;
}

-- CODE --<<


Best regards
Mads

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