I have a background service DLL running on Windows Mobile 2003 in Services.exe.
I now wish to port it to run in Devices.exe. I have so far been unable to get it to run. Instead when I run the ActivateDevice or ActivateDeviceEx it returns with error 1,2 or 120.
What is required by my DLL to be compatable with Devices.exe?
I have added what I assume are the correct registry settings under HKLM\\Devices\\Name so i can only assume it is something wrong with the DLL itself.
If anyone can assist me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers Gerard
Do I need to use the Developer Platform to create the driver or is Embedded fine?
You can use eVC to create drivers.
To make your driver recognized by OS you should add registry keys:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\BuiltIn\_name_]
"Prefix"="BLA" - 3 CAPS letters, it is your driver prefix
"Index"=dword:00000001
"Dll"="yourdriver.Dll"
And your driver should export functions:
BLA_Close
BLA_Deinit
BLA_IOControl
BLA_Init
BLA_Open
BLA_PowerDown
BLA_PowerUp
BLA_Read
BLA_Seek
BLA_Write
Later you can use CreateFile(L"BLA1:",...) to communicate with your driver. Read MSDN for more.
I have those entries in the registry and my DLL exports those functions.
However, I can not get the DLL to start through ActivateDeviceEx or ActivateDevice. If I reset the device the device freezes and requires a hard reset.
My DLL works fine in Services.exe but must need some changes to operate in Device.exe. The problem being that I can't find any examples where a Device Driver was written in C++ (all .c) and also can't find any examples of a Service being converted to a Device driver.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated
You don't need to call ActivateDexice[Ex] if you have manually added these keys to registry. The reason that your device hangs is in your DLL's entry point or in one of the exported functions. Probably BLA_Init or one of the power functions. You should add diagnostics code that outputs a trace log to SD-card or built-in storage so that you can read this file after hard reset. Or the reason may be that your driver is loaded before the one of the needed drivers, for example SD-card. In this case you should play with the "order" key.
I've wrote several drivers in C++. But none of them used C++ exceptions, I don't know how devices.exe would behave if exception is thrown. And you should remember not to allocate huge arrays/variables on stack.
I've found a small tutorial on MSDN - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnembedded/html/spotwincerambl.asp
Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2005 18:19
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So if I already have the registry entries in do I start the DLL with CreateFile or something similar? I assumed that the DLL was hanging on device startup due to attempting to include an unloaded module but this still occurs when setting Order to 99.
At the moment for testing purposes I am just getting all my exported functions to write to a log file... however none are ever entered. What is the DLL's entry point? Init? PowerUp? An additional method? Have you an example that I could possibly have a look at?
Thanks for your help.
Gerard
The first entry point is DllMain. Then init function is called. Then open when your device is opened. If you have global classes with constructors - constructors are called before DllMain (I have not tested that), one of them may be the reason of crash.
The sample is in the link I gave in the prev. post. or here is a sample driver that is a wrapper around Serial_BTUR.dll
Code:
// Serial.cpp : Defines the entry point for the DLL application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "Serial.h"
#include <psapi.h>
#include <Mmsystem.h>
struct HCI_
{
char *Text;
int Code;
} Cmds[]=
{
"HCI_NOP",0x0000,
"HCI_Inquiry",0x0401,
"HCI_Inquiry_Cancel",0x0402,
"HCI_Periodic_Inquiry_Mode",0x0403,
"HCI_Exit_Periodic_Inquiry_Mode",0x0404,
"HCI_Create_Connection",0x0405,
"HCI_Disconnect",0x0406,
"HCI_Add_SCO_Connection",0x0407,
"HCI_Accept_Connection_Request",0x0409,
"HCI_Reject_Connection_Request",0x040a,
"HCI_Link_Key_Request_Reply",0x040b,
"HCI_Link_Key_Request_Negative_Reply",0x040c,
"HCI_PIN_Code_Request_Reply",0x040d,
"HCI_PIN_Code_Request_Negative_Reply",0x040e,
"HCI_Change_Connection_Packet_Type",0x040f,
"HCI_Authentication_Requested",0x0411,
"HCI_Set_Connection_Encryption",0x0413,
"HCI_Change_Connection_Link_Key",0x0415,
"HCI_Master_Link_Key",0x0417,
"HCI_Remote_Name_Request",0x0419,
"HCI_Read_Remote_Supported_Features",0x041b,
"HCI_Read_Remote_Version_Information",0x041d,
"HCI_Read_Clock_Offset",0x041f,
"HCI_Hold_Mode",0x0801,
"HCI_Sniff_Mode",0x0803,
"HCI_Exit_Sniff_Mode",0x0804,
"HCI_Park_Mode",0x0805,
"HCI_Exit_Park_Mode",0x0806,
"HCI_QoS_Setup",0x0807,
"HCI_Role_Discovery",0x0809,
"HCI_Switch_Role",0x080b,
"HCI_Read_Link_Policy_Settings",0x080c,
"HCI_Write_Link_Policy_Settings",0x080d,
"HCI_Set_Event_Mask",0x0c01,
"HCI_Reset",0x0c03,
"HCI_Set_Event_Filter",0x0c05,
"HCI_Flush",0x0c08,
"HCI_Read_PIN_Type",0x0c09,
"HCI_Write_PIN_Type",0x0c0a,
"HCI_Create_New_Unit_Key",0x0c0b,
"HCI_Read_Stored_Link_Key",0x0c0d,
"HCI_Write_Stored_Link_Key",0x0c11,
"HCI_Delete_Stored_Link_Key",0x0c12,
"HCI_Change_Local_Name",0x0c13,
"HCI_Read_Local_Name",0x0c14,
"HCI_Read_Connection_Accept_Timeout",0x0c15,
"HCI_Write_Connection_Accept_Timeout",0x0c16,
"HCI_Read_Page_Timeout",0x0c17,
"HCI_Write_Page_Timeout",0x0c18,
"HCI_Read_Scan_Enable",0x0c19,
"HCI_Write_Scan_Enable",0x0c1a,
"HCI_Read_PageScan_Activity",0x0c1b,
"HCI_Write_PageScan_Activity",0x0c1c,
"HCI_Read_InquiryScan_Activity",0x0c1d,
"HCI_Write_InquiryScan_Activity",0x0c1e,
"HCI_Read_Authentication_Enable",0x0c1f,
"HCI_Write_Authentication_Enable",0x0c20,
"HCI_Read_Encryption_Mode",0x0c21,
"HCI_Write_Encryption_Mode",0x0c22,
"HCI_Read_Class_Of_Device",0x0c23,
"HCI_Write_Class_Of_Device",0x0c24,
"HCI_Read_Voice_Setting",0x0c25,
"HCI_Write_Voice_Setting",0x0c26,
"HCI_Read_Automatic_Flush_Timeout",0x0c27,
"HCI_Write_Automatic_Flush_Timeout",0x0c28,
"HCI_Read_Num_Broadcast_Retransmissions",0x0c29,
"HCI_Write_Num_Broadcast_Retransmissions",0x0c2a,
"HCI_Read_Hold_Mode_Activity",0x0c2b,
"HCI_Write_Hold_Mode_Activity",0x0c2c,
"HCI_Read_Transmit_Power_Level",0x0c2d,
"HCI_Read_SCO_Flow_Control_Enable",0x0c2e,
"HCI_Write_SCO_Flow_Control_Enable",0x0c2f,
"HCI_Set_Host_Controller_To_Host_Flow_Control",0x0c31,
"HCI_Host_Buffer_Size",0x0c33,
"HCI_Host_Number_Of_Completed_Packets",0x0c35,
"HCI_Read_Link_Supervision_Timeout",0x0c36,
"HCI_Write_Link_Supervision_Timeout",0x0c37,
"HCI_Read_Number_Of_Supported_IAC",0x0c38,
"HCI_Read_Current_IAC_LAP",0x0c39,
"HCI_Write_Current_IAC_LAP",0x0c3a,
"HCI_Read_Page_Scan_Period_Mode",0x0c3b,
"HCI_Write_Page_Scan_Period_Mode",0x0c3c,
"HCI_Read_Page_Scan_Mode",0x0c3d,
"HCI_Write_Page_Scan_Mode",0x0c3e,
"HCI_Read_Local_Version_Information",0x1001,
"HCI_Read_Local_Supported_Features",0x1003,
"HCI_Read_Buffer_Size",0x1005,
"HCI_Read_Country_Code",0x1007,
"HCI_Read_BD_ADDR",0x1009,
"HCI_Read_Failed_Contact_Counter",0x1401,
"HCI_Reset_Failed_Contact_Counter",0x1402,
"HCI_Get_Link_Quality",0x1403,
"HCI_Read_RSSI",0x1405,
"HCI_Read_Loopback_Mode",0x1801,
"HCI_Write_Loopback_Mode",0x1802,
"HCI_Enable_Device_Under_Test_Mode",0x1803,
0,0
},Events[]=
{
"HCI_Inquiry_Complete_Event",0x01,
"HCI_Inquiry_Result_Event",0x02,
"HCI_Connection_Complete_Event",0x03,
"HCI_Connection_Request_Event",0x04,
"HCI_Disconnection_Complete_Event",0x05,
"HCI_Authentication_Complete_Event",0x06,
"HCI_Remote_Name_Request_Complete_Event",0x07,
"HCI_Encryption_Change_Event",0x08,
"HCI_Change_Connection_Link_Key_Complete_Event",0x09,
"HCI_Master_Link_Key_Complete_Event",0x0a,
"HCI_Read_Remote_Supported_Features_Complete_Event",0x0b,
"HCI_Read_Remote_Version_Information_Complete_Event",0x0c,
"HCI_QoS_Setup_Complete_Event",0x0d,
"HCI_Command_Complete_Event",0x0e,
"HCI_Command_Status_Event",0x0f,
"HCI_Hardware_Error_Event",0x10,
"HCI_Flush_Occured_Event",0x11,
"HCI_Role_Change_Event",0x12,
"HCI_Number_Of_Completed_Packets_Event",0x13,
"HCI_Mode_Change_Event",0x14,
"HCI_Return_Link_Keys_Event",0x15,
"HCI_PIN_Code_Request_Event",0x16,
"HCI_Link_Key_Request_Event",0x17,
"HCI_Link_Key_Notification_Event",0x18,
"HCI_Loopback_Command_Event",0x19,
"HCI_Data_Buffer_Overflow_Event",0x1a,
"HCI_Max_Slots_Change_Event",0x1b,
"HCI_Read_Clock_Offset_Complete_Event",0x1c,
"HCI_Connection_Packet_Type_Changed_Event",0x1d,
"HCI_QoS_Violation_Event",0x1e,
"HCI_Page_Scan_Mode_Change_Event",0x1f,
"HCI_Page_Scan_Repetition_Mode_Change_Event",0x20,
0,0
};
char *FindEvent(int id)
{
for(int i=0; Events[i].Text;i++)
{
if(Events[i].Code==id)
return Events[i].Text;
}
return "HCI_???";
}
char *FindMessage(int id)
{
for(int i=0; Cmds[i].Text;i++)
{
if(Cmds[i].Code==id)
return Cmds[i].Text;
}
return "HCI_???";
}
typedef BOOL t_COM_Deinit(DWORD dwOpenData);
typedef BOOL t_COM_IOControl(
DWORD dwOpenData,
DWORD dwCode,
PBYTE pBufIn,
DWORD dwLenIn,
PBYTE pBufOut,
DWORD dwLenOut,
PDWORD pdwActualOut
);
typedef HANDLE t_COM_Init(
ULONG Identifier
);
typedef HANDLE t_COM_Open(
HANDLE pContext,
DWORD AccessCode,
DWORD ShareMode
);
typedef BOOL t_COM_PowerDown(
HANDLE pContext
);
typedef BOOL t_COM_PowerUp(
HANDLE pContext
);
typedef ULONG t_COM_Read(
HANDLE pContext,
PUCHAR pTargetBuffer,
ULONG BufferLength
);
typedef ULONG t_COM_Write(
HANDLE COM_Write,
PUCHAR pSourceBytes,
ULONG NumberOfBytes
);
typedef BOOL t_COM_Close(
DWORD pContext
);
t_COM_Deinit *_COM_Deinit=0;
t_COM_IOControl *_COM_IOControl=0;
t_COM_Init *_COM_Init=0;
t_COM_Open *_COM_Open=0;
t_COM_PowerDown *_COM_PowerDown=0;
t_COM_PowerUp *_COM_PowerUp=0;
t_COM_Read *_COM_Read=0;
t_COM_Write *_COM_Write=0;
t_COM_Close *_COM_Close=0;
HANDLE hEvent=0;
char* Dump(const unsigned char *Buff, int count)
{
static char Out[65536];
char* p=Out;
if(count==0)
{
p+=sprintf(p,"\n");
return Out;
}
{
bool OnlyASCII=true;
for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
if((Buff[i]&255)<32||Buff[i]==127)
{
if((i==count-1 && Buff[i]==0)||Buff[i]==0x0d||Buff[i]==0x0a||Buff[i]==9)
continue;
OnlyASCII=false;
break;
}
if(OnlyASCII)
{
p+=sprintf(p,"--- Plain text\n");
for(int i=0; i<count; i++)
if(Buff[i]!='\r')
p+=sprintf(p,"%c",Buff[i]);
// if(Buff[count-1]!='\n')
// fprintf(Log,"\n");
p+=sprintf(p,"\n--- End of text\n\n");
return Out;
}
int Pos=0;
char OBuff[3*16+2+1];
char Str[17];
for(i=0; i<(count+15)/16; i++)
{
for(int j=0; j<16; j++,Pos++)
{
if(Pos<count)
{
sprintf(OBuff+3*j+(j>7),"%02X ",Buff[Pos]&255);
if((Buff[Pos]&255)<32||Buff[Pos]==127)
Str[j]='.';
else
Str[j]=Buff[Pos];
} else
{
sprintf(OBuff+3*j+(j>7)," ");
Str[j]=' ';
}
}
Str[16]=0;
OBuff[3*16+1]=0;
p+=sprintf(p,"%08X: %s \"%s\"\n",i*16,OBuff,Str);
}
}
p+=sprintf(p,"\n");
return Out;
}
bool IsLogging(void)
{
return true;
// return WaitForSingleObject(hEvent,0)==WAIT_OBJECT_0;
}
void LogData(PUCHAR Data, int NBytes)
{
if(!IsLogging())
return;
HANDLE h=CreateFile(L"\\logging.txt",GENERIC_WRITE,FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
0,OPEN_ALWAYS,0,0);
if(h==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
return;
SetFilePointer(h,0,0,FILE_END);
DWORD W;
WriteFile(h,Data,NBytes,&W,0);
CloseHandle(h);
}
void LogStr(char*Str)
{
LogData((PUCHAR)Str, strlen(Str));
LogData((PUCHAR)"\n",1);
}
BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HANDLE hModule,
DWORD ul_reason_for_call,
LPVOID lpReserved
)
{
switch (ul_reason_for_call)
{
case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
break;
}
return TRUE;
}
#undef SERIAL_API
#define SERIAL_API extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
SERIAL_API BOOL COM_Close(
DWORD pContext
)
{
LogStr("COM_Close");
return _COM_Close(pContext);
}
SERIAL_API BOOL COM_Deinit(DWORD pContext)
{
LogStr("COM_Deinit");
return _COM_Deinit(pContext);
}
SERIAL_API BOOL COM_IOControl(
DWORD dwOpenData,
DWORD dwCode,
PBYTE pBufIn,
DWORD dwLenIn,
PBYTE pBufOut,
DWORD dwLenOut,
PDWORD pdwActualOut
)
{
char Buff[1024];
sprintf(Buff,"COM_IOControl: %04X ",dwCode);
LogStr(Buff);
LogStr(Dump(pBufIn,dwLenIn));
return _COM_IOControl(
dwOpenData,
dwCode,
pBufIn,
dwLenIn,
pBufOut,
dwLenOut,
pdwActualOut);
}
SERIAL_API HANDLE COM_Init(
wchar_t* Identifier
)
{
LogStr("COM_Init");
if(hEvent==0)
{
hEvent=CreateEvent(0,TRUE,FALSE,L"seRILal logging event");
HINSTANCE H=LoadLibrary(L"Serial_BTUR.dll");
if(H==0)
{
LogStr("Error loading DLL");
return 0;
}
_COM_Deinit=(t_COM_Deinit*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Deinit");
if(_COM_Deinit==0)
LogStr("COM_Deinit==0");
_COM_IOControl=(t_COM_IOControl*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_IOControl");
if(_COM_IOControl==0)
LogStr("COM_IOControl==0");
_COM_Init=(t_COM_Init*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Init");
if(_COM_Init==0)
LogStr("COM_Init==0");
_COM_Open=(t_COM_Open*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Open");
if(_COM_Open==0)
LogStr("COM_Open==0");
_COM_PowerDown=(t_COM_PowerDown*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_PowerDown");
if(_COM_PowerDown==0)
LogStr("COM_PowerDown==0");
_COM_PowerUp=(t_COM_PowerUp*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_PowerUp");
if(_COM_PowerUp==0)
LogStr("COM_PowerUp==0");
_COM_Read=(t_COM_Read*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Read");
if(_COM_Read==0)
LogStr("COM_Read==0");
_COM_Write=(t_COM_Write*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Write");
if(_COM_Write==0)
LogStr("COM_Write==0");
_COM_Close=(t_COM_Close*)GetProcAddress(H,L"COM_Close");
if(_COM_Close==0)
LogStr("COM_Close==0");
LogStr("DLL loaded");
}
HANDLE H=_COM_Init((DWORD)Identifier);
return H;
}
SERIAL_API HANDLE COM_Open(
HANDLE pContext,
DWORD AccessCode,
DWORD ShareMode
)
{
LogStr("COM_Open");
return _COM_Open(
pContext,
AccessCode,
ShareMode);
}
SERIAL_API BOOL COM_PowerDown(
HANDLE pContext
)
{
LogStr("COM_PowerDown");
return _COM_PowerDown(pContext);
}
SERIAL_API BOOL COM_PowerUp(
HANDLE pContext
)
{
LogStr("COM_PowerUp");
return _COM_PowerUp(pContext);
}
int SCO_Handle=0;
SERIAL_API ULONG COM_Read(
HANDLE pContext,
PUCHAR pTargetBuffer,
ULONG BufferLength
)
{
int L=_COM_Read(
pContext,
pTargetBuffer,
BufferLength);
if(L)
{
LogStr("COM_Read");
if(L>2&&pTargetBuffer[0]==4)
{
char Buff[1024];
int m=pTargetBuffer[1];
sprintf(Buff,"%s - %02X",FindEvent(m),m);
LogStr(Buff);
if(pTargetBuffer[1]==3 && pTargetBuffer[3]==0 && pTargetBuffer[12]==0)
{
LogStr("SCO connection");
SCO_Handle=pTargetBuffer[4]+pTargetBuffer[5]*256;
}
}
LogStr(Dump(pTargetBuffer,L));
}
return L;
}
SERIAL_API ULONG COM_Write(
HANDLE pContext,
PUCHAR pSourceBytes,
int NumberOfBytes
)
{
LogStr("COM_Write");
if(SCO_Handle)
{
LogStr("sending SCO packet");
char Buffer[256];
Buffer[0]=SCO_Handle&255;
Buffer[1]=SCO_Handle/255;
Buffer[2]=240;
for(int i=0; i<240; i++)
Buffer[3+i]=(i&2)?127:0;
_COM_Write(
pContext,
(unsigned char*)"\x03",
1);
_COM_Write(
pContext,
(unsigned char*)Buffer,
240+3);
SCO_Handle=0;
}
if(NumberOfBytes>2)
{
char Buff[1024];
int m=pSourceBytes[1]*256+pSourceBytes[0];
sprintf(Buff,"%s - %04X",FindMessage(m),m);
LogStr(Buff);
}
LogStr(Dump(pSourceBytes,NumberOfBytes));
return _COM_Write(
pContext,
pSourceBytes,
NumberOfBytes);
}
SERIAL_API ULONG COM_Seek()
{
return -1;
}
Thanks for your help. The reason I am porting my Dll from Services.exe to Device.exe is because I need it to run continuosly and when running in Services.exe when the device suspends of course no CPU time. That is, I was hoping to implement the Dll as a driver and catch the PowerDown message and prevent it from happening.
I noticed that in the MSDN example the PowerDown method is void but in yours it returns Bool. To prevent the power down do I convert the method to return a false bool value? Can this functionality be done?
Regards Gerard
GerardRaciti said:
I noticed that in the MSDN example the PowerDown method is void but in yours it returns Bool.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't always trust MSDN regarding Windows CE. I've taken these prototypes from some of MS own drivers.
You can prevent device from sleeping from your program using this method:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../html/ppc_programming_pocket_pc_2002_lfyy.asp
That was the method I used originally to tackle this problem but it consumed too much power leaving the screen in that dimmed state.
I had the understanding that if I implemented my Dll in a device driver the screen could go blank but the device would only go into "sleep" mode where drivers would still receive CPU time as long as they responded to the PowerDown function.
Do you know if this is possible or am I wasting my time?
I don't know. I never worked with power levels. But probably this is possible in driver with functions SetPowerRequirement and DevicePowerNotify. But this would work only if device supports D1 (low on) power mode. Otherwise I think you would not notice any difference with keeping the device always on and shutting down LCD+backlight.
Thanks again for your help.
I have managed to port my service into a device driver but am having trouble handling Power Management issues. It seems as though it is in my Dll attempting to prevent a device suspension which is crashing the device. If I dont attempt to prevent suspend mode or set power requirements the Dll is quite stable. If anyone has any experience with Device driver power management or can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.
Regards Gerard
you may try to ask in microsoft newsgroups like microsoft.public.windowsce.app.development or microsoft.public.windowsce.platbuilder or similar
Hello,
I have written a DLL on eVC++. And now I want to use this DLL in a .NET program. But by "Add Reference" I got an error, that says:
This is not a .NET assembly.
So my question is, is it possible to using a eVC++ DLL on .NET?
If yes, what should I do, and if not, is there another way to do with this problem?
Thanks all
from http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive52.html
Code:
Call Unmanaged Code. Part 1 - Simple DLLImport
By Vyacheslav Biktagirov
Managed world is beautiful, I have all classes I want in FrameWork.. But what if I want call some unmanaged code? For instance, I have DLL written in C++, and want use it from C#.
Let's look some code. Our DLL exports some function, in CDecl convention, that sums two integers:
extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) __cdecl int sum(int a,int b);
And, of course, we want reuse this code in C#. We must recall, that it is no "direct" way to call unmanaged code, but we must inform the compiler, what we want to call, how, and where is needed code located.
[DllImport("TestDll.dll", EntryPoint="sum",
ExactSpelling=false,CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
static extern int sum(int a,int b);
and now we can call it like normal C# function.
x=5;
y=7;
z=sum(x,y); // x will receive 12
Here is full C# client code - tested for Beta2.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace WindowsApplication6
{
///
/// Summary description for Form1.
///
public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox3;
///
/// Required designer variable.
///
private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;
public Form1()
{
//
// Required for Windows Form Designer support
//
InitializeComponent();
//
// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
//
}
///
/// Clean up any resources being used.
///
protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if( disposing )
{
if (components != null)
{
components.Dispose();
}
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
///
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
this.textBox3 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// button1
//
this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(64, 192);
this.button1.Name = "button1";
this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(144, 64);
this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
this.button1.Text = "call sum";
this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
//
// textBox1
//
this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(40, 120);
this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(72, 22);
this.textBox1.TabIndex = 1;
this.textBox1.Text = "2";
//
// label1
//
this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(128, 128);
this.label1.Name = "label1";
this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(16, 16);
this.label1.TabIndex = 2;
this.label1.Text = "+";
//
// textBox2
//
this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(152, 120);
this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(56, 22);
this.textBox2.TabIndex = 3;
this.textBox2.Text = "3";
//
// label2
//
this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(224, 120);
this.label2.Name = "label2";
this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(24, 23);
this.label2.TabIndex = 4;
this.label2.Text = "=";
//
// textBox3
//
this.textBox3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(248, 120);
this.textBox3.Name = "textBox3";
this.textBox3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 22);
this.textBox3.TabIndex = 5;
this.textBox3.Text = "5";
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(6, 15);
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(576, 322);
this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {this.textBox3,this.label2,this.textBox2,this.label1,this.textBox1,this.button1});
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.ResumeLayout(false);
}
#endregion
///
/// The main entry point for the application.
///
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
#region My Code
#region Dll Imports
[DllImport("TestDll.dll", EntryPoint="sum",
ExactSpelling=false,CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
static extern int sum(int a,int b);
#endregion
#region Button Click Events
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
textBox3.Text=(int.Parse(textBox1.Text)+int.Parse(textBox2.Text)).ToString();
}
#endregion
#endregion
}
}
It sounds very simple, becouse "int" is isomorphic type, says, int in C# and ind C++ is identical. What we can do, when we want operate non-isomorhic types, like String? Recall, that .NET string is some Class, while C++ string is char*,or wchar_t*,or BSTR, .. String may be embedded in a structure, or pointed by pointer, or even something more exotic. Let's call some string function.
[DllImport("Advapi32.dll", EntryPoint="GetUserName", ExactSpelling=false,
SetLastError=true)]
static extern bool GetUserName(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] byte[] lpBuffer,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] Int32[] nSize );
This function receives two parameters: char* and int*. Becouse we must allocate char* buffer and receive string by pointer, we can't use UnmanagedType.LPStr attribute, so we pass ANSI string as byte array. int* is more simple-it's 1-element Int32 array. Let's call it:
private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
byte[] str=new byte[20];
Int32[] len=new Int32[1];
len[0]=20;
GetUserName(str,len);
MessageBox.Show(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(str));
}
We allocate 20 bytes for receiving ANSI string,one element in Int32 array, set 20 as max string length and call it. For receiving string from byte array I used Text.Encoding.ASCII class.