How to create a managed header file for my DLL

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Hi,
I have a desktop application developed using C# (.Net 4.0). I need to create a DLL which will be used by two applications,
1) Application developed using C# (.Net 4.0)
2) Application developed using VC6.0

How to do this. I heard converting/importing my DLL header file into a managed header file would solve this. How to convert/import my DLL header file into a managed header file?

Regards,
Sankar.

Posted 13-Oct-11 19:52pm

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Xeshan Ahmed · Answer 1 · 2011-10-13T21:27:00

wel if you want to use dll in both .net and VB6 then you have to develop COM visible .net dll.
Building COM Objects in C#[^]
http://www.geeksengine.com/article/create-dll.html[^]
and here are complete guidelines and you can simply google "com interop .net vb6" and you will find a lot more results
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817248[^]