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The DllImport are required when you want to call into pre-.NET DLL, i.e. C dll.
If it's a .NET dll (i.e. an assembly) no problem, if it's a C DLL, you need to do interop.
Interop is a vast topic but well documented in the SDK's documentation, I suggest you to refer to it.
Basically C# need to know about the function to use it, right?
C DLL define no metadata that could be used by other .NET dlls to knwo about its content (they just define C header usable by a C compiler), therefore you have to do these declaration yourself.
That's the purpose of DllImpoert.
You've got most of win32 API Interop declaration there:
http://pinvoke.net/[^]
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Thanks for the answer. It, indeed, answers most of my initial questions. Now, I am trying to write a wrapper for LAPACK [http://www.netlib.org/clapack/faq.html], which is available in C and FORTRAN in C#. It is a highly optimized linear algebra subroutines. Do you have any idea about a place where I can go to learn the secret of the "writing wrappers in C#" business.
Thanks and Regards,
Amit
-- modified at 20:24 Friday 26th August, 2005
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You should really learn to use the documentation coming with the SDK.
In the "index" side panel there is a box named "look for", just type: "interop", "COM interop" or "data marshaling" in it and you will find a wealth of information.
Alternatively, if you've got issue with the SDK documentation (strangely many .NET developer seems to ignore about its existence) you could go on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconinteroperatingwithunmanagedcode.asp[^]
Anyway about array marshaling (let's say float[]) the documentation doesn't straightforwardly explained you wether or not the whole array is copied or not to a temporary buffer every crossing the managed/unmanaged boudary (I think some attributes control that behavior).
But always have the solution to use unsafe code & float* in C# or, as I prefer to write my wrappers now, use ManagedC++ (v2.0, meach cleaner, leaner and less ambiguous).
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I have come across this wrapper word many times. Many people have written wrappers for C# for subrountines which are not written in C#. My question is what this wrapper is and how it can be used as to include other sub-routines in a C# application?.
Regards and Thanks,
Amit
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Basically in C# you can call directly into C function that's "easy" thanks to interop!
But you still have to declare the C function in C#, with correct data structure, sometimes it's not so trivial toredefine in .NET the C data structure. You might also have many function to re-declare, quite tedious, particularly if there is, let's say, hundreds of them!. And you might as well simplify the C# API compare to the C API.
It's what a wrapper is for.
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How do I pass a two doubles as a PointF args?
I converted them from a TextBox using Convert.ToDouble...
If I can't do it, any way around it?
thanks in advance....
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is it a joke? what are you trying to do? 
just in case you ask for the obvious and missed it, let me state it:
PointF ToPointF(double x, double y)
{
return new PointF((float) x, (float) y);
}
if it is what you were looking for and didn't find it I suggest you read: "Learning C#" by Someone... 
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Thanks. I didn't know only experienced progarmmers could ask questions.
I hope that maybe someday I can be a self proclaimed genius just like you.....
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Aheum....
Let's say it always comes as a surprise (a shock?) to see how inexperienced an inquiring developer could be.
But well, I guess we all have to start somewhere, someday, ...
Myself, I remember when I was young... mouahahaha
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You got me. But at least I know how to do it now....Sometimes I go right to posting a message instead of spending some time with MSDN help.....
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SkunkedWorks wrote:
Sometimes I go right to posting a message instead of spending some time with MSDN help...
Believe me, I've been working with programming for more than 20 years, now: the time you spend with MSDN teaches you a lot more than you notice. On online forums, people will teach you exactly what you asked for, and often in MSDN, you'll find a lot of other interesting things while looking for an answer.
I see dead pixels
Yes, even I am blogging now!
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<br />
int counter = 0; <br />
ArrayList Numbers = new ArrayList(); <br />
Regex regex = new Regex(@"(.+);(.+);(.+)");
Match matchit = regex.Match("Gerald; 0650123456; Sabine; Spech; 06761233333"); <br />
<br />
for (int i = 0; i < matchit.Groups.Count; i++) <br />
{ <br />
Numbers.Add(matchit.Groups[i].Value); <br />
MessageBox.Show(Numbers[i].ToString().Trim()); <br />
}<br />
hi the regex here don't work...i want to make it, that it works for:
"Gerald; 0650123456; Sabine; Spech; 06761233333"
result:
Numbers[0] = Gerald;
Numbers[1] = 0650123456;
Numbers[2] = Sabine;
Numbers[3] = Spech;
Numbers[4] = 06761233333;
and for:
"Gerald; 0650123456; Mike"
result:
Numbers[0] = Gerald;
Numbers[1] = 0650123456;
Numbers[2] = Mike;
the regex have to be independent from the length of the input string....
cu
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Try to use the following regex expression:
Regex regex = new Regex(@"[\w\d ]+;[\w\d ]+;[\w\d ]+");
the expression stands for:
at least one word, digit or space followed by semicolon
and
at least one word, digit or space followed by semicolon
and
at least one word, digit or space.
Let me know if it's ok
Uri
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Hi,
Maybe I didn't understand the requirements of your regex, because the regex I have provided returns a valid value for exectly 3 words or digit sets seperated by a comma.
Could you provide me with more info about the results you are expecting to have ?
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the regex should not only works for 3 words! for 9 words too...
looks like that:
"Gerald; 067612345; Sabine"
or
"Gerald; 067612345; Sabine; Mark; 065012233"
than i want to have the names or numbers in an array:
array[0] = Gerald
array[1] = 067612345
array[2] = Sabine
array[3] = Mark
array[4] = 065012233
cu
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Hi,
* use the following expr. @"(?>\w|\d)+;?)"
* use the Matches method and not the Match method as follows:
ArrayList Numbers = new ArrayList(); <br />
Regex regex = new Regex(@"(?>\w|\d)+;?");
MatchCollection collection = regex.Matches("Gerald; 0650123456; Sabine; Spech; 06761233333");<br />
foreach(Match m in collection)<br />
{<br />
Console.WriteLine("**" + m.Value);<br />
}
-- modified at 12:12 Saturday 27th August, 2005
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hi, looks good!
but the output is:
Gerald;
0650123456;
Sabine;
Spech;
06761233333
i dont need the ;
i can use substr but can i solve that with regex only?
cu
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Yes 
Just remove the ;? from the regex expression i.e. use the following expression: "(?>\w|\d)+".
Hope it helps...
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hi, perfect, thats what i want where can i learn regex? i am not that profi
here the code now:
<br />
int counter = 0; <br />
ArrayList Numbers = new ArrayList(); <br />
MatchCollection matchCollectionNamen; <br />
Regex regexNamen = new Regex(@"(?>\w|\d)+");<br />
matchCollectionNamen = regexNamen.Matches("Gerald; 0676123456; 06503333543; Sabine");<br />
<br />
foreach (Match m in matchCollectionNamen) <br />
{ <br />
Numbers.Add(m.Value); <br />
MessageBox.Show(Numbers[counter].ToString());<br />
counter++; <br />
}<br />
do you have an idea how i can test for the first 4 digits when a number is recognized?
only 0676, 0650, 0699, 0664 should be allowed for the first 4 digits...
a second regex expression is needed?
cu
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Lets see if you guys can figure this one out.
I have WriteProcessMemory 'ed a path name of a .DLL into a remote process after VAlloc 'ing it.
<b>
Simple so far. Just a pathname in a remote process.</b>
Now I want to create a remote thread in that process using CreateRemoteThread, however, and this is the tricky part, I want to pass the address of LoadLibrary as CreateRemoteThread's starting address. Now I know I could just plug in the real address of my LoadLibrary, however I know this address changes from not only OS to OS version but from DLL version to DLL version. This is so that once the thread is created is starts directly at LoadLibrary, loading the path'ed DLL, and exits the thread when LoadLibrary is finished.
CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, 0, 0, <Address of LoadLibrary>, szRemotePath, 0, &dwTID);
Is there anyway to do this?
I know in C++ I would simply just use &LoadLibrary, however this does not work in C#. Even after PInvocation of LoadLibrary it will not do so. AddressOf doesn't work either.
Thank you in advance, and you'll get another after your answer! 
-- modified at 18:32 Friday 26th August, 2005
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Total guess: you could call LoadLibrary on kernel32.dll to get kernel32's HMODULE, then call GetProcAddress to get the address of LoadLibrary. Then you can pass that address to CreateRemoteThread.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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Agreed. Actually I found a sample in a blog exactly doing this.
private void foo(IntPtr handle)
{
SecurityAttributes a = new SecurityAttributes();
hThread= CreateRemoteThread (handle, ref a , 0,
GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("KERNEL32.DLL"),"ExitProcess") ,
54,0,ref threadid);
//blah blah
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr CreateRemoteThread(
IntPtr hProcess,
ref SecurityAttributes lpThreadAttributes,
int dwStackSize,
IntPtr lpStartAddress,
uint lpParameter,
int dwCreationFlags,
ref int lpThreadId
);
struct SecurityAttributes
{
int nLength;
uint lpSecurityDescriptor;
bool bInheritHandle;
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetProcAddress (IntPtr hModule, string lpProcName);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetModuleHandle (string lpModuleName);
Live Life King Size
Alomgir Miah
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Folks this is a simple amost silly question, but still i would like to ask:
I would like to imitate form close event identical to when you presses X to close, when I click on a button for close a form. I basically want to catch all exception in from control when the button clicked.
Sincerely,
Max Pastchenko
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