Calling Native APIs from Managed Code

Question

Hi all,

I am developing a Windows Mobile application using WM6 SDK. The application is a Managed code (using C#) & I would like to know the steps to be taken in order to call native functions.

Thanks for the help, Abdel Olakara

Answer 1

You need to first declare the native APIs as static extern using DLLImport and then use them like normal methods. Example:

    [DllImport("user32.dll", ExactSpelling = true)]
    internal static extern IntPtr SetTimer(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr nIDEvent, int uElapse, IntPtr lpTimerFunc);

Answer 2

http://www.pinvoke.net/

That should do it.