I have one C++/CLI project, a GUI application, which is compiled in mixed mode (managed+unmanaged). Now I want to write a custom user control using C# and compile it to become CSharpA.dll. my question is: Can this dll be used by my C++/CLI project easily? How would I do that?
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Yes. Just add a reference to it. You may find yourself wanting using namespace directives, which, like the C# using directive, will add classes in other namespaces into the search space.
Ben Voigt
2010-10-22 21:49:27
if i add the C# ctrl dll into my Cli/c++ project ,another question is can i see ctrl in the ToolBox page , can i drag the C# ctrl into my cli/C++ form visibly?
Biwier
2010-10-22 22:50:52
As long as the control is public, you should find it in the toolbox. IIRC, Visual Studio automatically creates a new group in the toolbox for controls in the current project, but for referenced control libraries you might have to right-click the toolbox and add the library content.
Ben Voigt
2010-10-22 23:59:44
acturally, i ever created one user control in Cli/C++ but didn't see this item in toolbox..
Biwier
2010-10-23 01:14:40
if i do this in C# that's OK just like what you described.
Biwier
2010-10-23 01:15:05
@Biwier: I'm getting lost trying to understand what you are getting to work and what doesn't. Please be clear about: What language the control library is written in, whether you are trying to find the control in the toolbox when building a form in the same project, different project same language, or different project different language. And then whether it's showing up for you the way you want.
Ben Voigt
2010-10-23 01:35:21
here is what i did in my Cli/C++ program: I created A project, and in the A project, i created a Form named bform and a user control named cComtermizedCtrl , and i compiled the project successfully ,but I coundn't find the cComtermizedCtrl control in toolbox. why? i did the same thing in C# , I could find a new control was added into toolbox automatically after compiling.
Biwier
2010-10-25 03:16:43
question 2: how can i add the cComtermizedCtrl into toolbox so that I can drag the control into bform visibly?
Biwier
2010-10-25 03:21:43
A:
You only have to compile your C# code into an assembly, and this assembly can be referenced from your C++/CLI App as any other assembly.
Maupertuis
2010-10-22 21:49:58