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Creating delegate from a function pointer

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This tip shows you how to create a delegate from a C++ function pointer
C#
//Assume you have managed to somehow pass a function pointer from C++ as Cplussplusfunctionptr to C#. In my case I was lucky, becoz I had managed C++ as a mid layer to convert void* to IntPtr;

IntPtr func = Cplussplusfunctionptr;

GuiFactoryOnNotify delegateOnNotify = (GuiFactoryOnNotify)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer
                (func, typeof(GuiFactoryOnNotify)); 


Thanks to cory nelson in stack overflow for the original tip.

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QuestionCalling Service written in C, from C# Pin
Muneeb R. Baig4-Jul-11 11:54
Muneeb R. Baig4-Jul-11 11:54 
Hi, and thanks for the tip.
Further to this, I am looking to solve the following problem and I'll be thankful to you, if you can assist.
A service written in C exposing some normal and call back functions, running under Windows. For this Service, I have its TLB, dll and Lib files. I need to know how can I hook to the service from C# and call its function as well as subscribe to the delegates?
What I have done is successfully DllImported and called the function from the imported dll; however, I am unable to directly call the Running Instance.
-muneeb
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