Thread: Problem using DLL Function imports in VS .NET 2010 C++

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    Problem using DLL Function imports in VS .NET 2010 C++

    Hello, I'm having an issue with the syntax for DLL function imports in VS C++ 2010. The following lines are in the .NET 2003 format:

    Code:
    [DllImport("gxsw.dll", EntryPoint="Gx6315Initialize", CharSet=CharSet::Ansi)]
    extern void __cdecl Gx6315Initialize(int slot, int __gc* pHandle, short __gc* pnStatus);
    To convert it to .NET 2010 syntax, I came up with this:

    Code:
    [DllImport("gxsw.dll", EntryPoint="Gx6315Initialize", CharSet=CharSet::Ansi)]
    extern void __cdecl Gx6315Initialize(__int16 slot, __int16 __gc* pHandle, __int16 __gc* pnStatus);
    Can someone who's adept at the .NET 210 syntax tell me if this is correct? If not, what isn't? This is the first time I'm coding in .NET 2010, and could really use some pointers.

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    This does not look like C++. AFAIK the import/export method has not changed in VS2010 and I googled and could not verify it had changed to the syntax you have shown. This looks like a mixture between the C# P/invoke import syntax and C++.

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    Importing stuff has not changed in 2010 as far as I know. However, 2010 is no longer Managed C++ but C++/CLI. Your "__gc*" is probably obsolete and should be replaced by a "^". But that's a change that will affect your whole code, not just this single line.
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