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Nemanja Trifunovic wrote: If you have some working C++ code that you want to expose to managed world, C++/CLI may be the best way to go.
Except I can't think of a reason outside of marketing you'd need to do that.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Except I can't think of a reason outside of marketing you'd need to do that.
What if you have a huge native C++ custom library and you have a new application that uses WinForms, Indigo, Web-services etc. and you need yo use the C++ native library from the new application?
Regards,
Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: What if you have a huge native C++ custom library and you have a new application that uses WinForms, Indigo, Web-services etc. and you need yo use the C++ native library from the new application?
Well, asuming the library is dynamic, wouldn't you just be able to reference the library ala PInvoke? I mean, I don't see the need to update the lib itself, and thus no real reason to use C++/CLI.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Well, asuming the library is dynamic, wouldn't you just be able to reference the library ala PInvoke?
Only if it's C based. P/Invoke doesn't work with C++ classes. There are ugly workarounds people have attempted (like directly accessing the name mangled exported member functions), but I don't think that works all that well.
Regards,
Nish
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Except I can't think of a reason outside of marketing you'd need to do that.
What do you mean? I had to expose a machine translation[^] library that we have been developing since early 1990's to .NET consumers, and found MC++ to be an excellent tool for the task. Alternatives were to use a COM wrapper or "flatten" the library's hierarchy and provide a plain C interface, but MC++ was the best solution hands down.
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What's the learning curve of it? I mean, is it really worth it? I tend to have most of my libs using C interfaces anyway, so I don't see the need for C++/CLI.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: What's the learning curve of it? I mean, is it really worth it? I tend to have most of my libs using C interfaces anyway, so I don't see the need for C++/CLI.
If you already have a library with a C interface, I would say PInvoke may be easier most of the time (depending on how complex the C interface is). In the case I described, it was worth learning MC++ even just for that one project. The learning curve is not that steep if you already know C++ and .NET.
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Jeremy Falcon
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The Windows RSS Platform could have used it.
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Mostly for my book + for some R&D work though. Once my book's done with, I may take up some consulting/contract work for my evenings/weekends.
We are also considering using some C++/CLI at work.
Regards,
Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: We are also considering using some C++/CLI at work
The Code Project is going to write some bits in C++/CLI?
And for the sake of your book I hope those 458 No votes up above are countered with many more Yes votes 
regards,
Paul Watson
Ireland
FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Yes, we use C++/CLI for most of our apps
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What's the overall percentage of managed and unmanaged code that you use in your applications?
Are you satisfied with CLI performance?
We have to develop a new application and we're deciding in wich language we'll do it so we are trying to take impressions from others.
Thansk in advance,
Marc Soleda
... she said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this... Dire Straits
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I tried it a few times, it sure looks cool. I think it might be even usefull for those cases that I need unmanaged code. But I like C# more.. 
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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True, but I don't program the IIS api
Although VC is the only option, it becomes a much more pleasant option with C++/CLI.
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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Mwah, I don't care if the editor shows more or less detail.
It's all a matter of knowing where to look and what methods and classes to use 
WM.
What about weapons of mass-construction?
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I am using only C++
Manish Agarwal
manish.k.agarwal @ gmail DOT com
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Manish K. Agarwal wrote: I am using only C++
Okay, nice. This survey is about C++/CLI though. 
Regards,
Nish
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Which he responded to by stating that he isn't using it. The response is still valid. 
And I use C++ at home on my personal projects. And C# at work. Haven't had the need to engage, although I might since they cleaned up the syntax.
This statement is false.
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Much more natural
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I don't really "prefer" one or another, but have written a lot of code in MC++, and it really pissed me off when they broke the syntax. People who were complaining about MC++ were really only looking for an excuse to switch to C# - none of them are using C++/CLI.
Anyway, these days it is just native C++ (mostly on Linux) for me.
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