How to use a c program in a vb.net project

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Unable to use a c program in my visual basics project..
Plaese explain the procedure... Thanx in advance.

Posted 4-May-14 7:15am

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[no name] 4-May-14 13:27pm

Why are you "unable"? Before someone can explain any "procedure" we would at least have to have some idea of what it was that we would be trying to explain to you.

Member 10771582 4-May-14 13:30pm

can't find any option in vb to add a c file.
I searched it on web that at first i have to convert the c program file into a dll file and i can use it but i don't know how....

[no name] 4-May-14 13:34pm

Well of course not. C is C and VB.NET is nothing like it. You can't just do that. You can compile your C code to an exe and call if from your .NET using the Process class or compile your C code to a DLL and use P/Invoke to use the exported functions.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-04T07:35:00

Solution 1

You can use P/Invoke:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P/Invoke[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288468%28v=vs.71%29.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/42b9ea93%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^],
http://bit.ly/1msisze[^].

This CodeProject article can also be useful: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/EssentialPInvoke.asp[^].

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Posted 4-May-14 7:35am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 4-May-14 8:54am

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Member 10771582 4-May-14 13:37pm

2nd link is not working

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-May-14 14:55pm

That's a pity. Thank you for the note, I replaced it with something else.
Unfortunately, most Microsoft articles on the topic are old, but all or most of their content is still valid.
—SA