VisualBasic/C# GUI frontends

Hey I have another question =D. Could People outline how to use C# and/or Visual Basic, as GUI front ends for C++ code.

What i mean by that is essentially, what are the ways i can develop a GUI in visual basic, yet have all the innards and essential code, written in C++.

In fact, is it even worth it to do that versus just writing a native C++ GUI?

Thanks for your helps =D. I hope to get some helpful and informative answers.
(Hehehe, of course i will be looking also, so we will see who tells me first.
As a starter, writing a c++ dll is one method i thought of.).

I believe you could write a DLL in C++ to handle all the inputs and outputs, and then load that DLL from your C# or VB app since its all 0's and 1's in the end

no idea on how to do it though, im not familiar with VB and C#

Originally Posted by Hell_Demon

I believe you could write a DLL in C++ to handle all the inputs and outputs, and then load that DLL from your C# or VB app since its all 0's and 1's in the end

no idea on how to do it though, im not familiar with VB and C#

Haha ok. I also want to know if there are any other methods, and how to do the method of which you speak in depth.

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Just write it in c++

Originally Posted by legendaryhack

Just write it in c++

Well yeah i've written a small gui in C++ before, but i was just curious of the other ways to do things. I won't necessarily use the other methods, i just want to know, and maybe even play with a little bit.

flipcode - Interfacing Visual Basic And C++

I know nothing of this

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But google knows all!

Oh and gratz on 250! IF I didn't spam so much we would be the same, but just because I have something to say doesn't mean its important :P

See attached

(C# WinForms 3.5 app + CPP Dll - VS2008 project)

Basically make a Normal C++ DLL, but be sure to turn off name mangling by defining everything you export as ' extern "C" '

Then use use the dllimport tag to define what methods you'll be calling in your c# app like so

Code:

[DllImport("CPPDll.dll")]
public static extern int GetNumber();

I can do an MFC or win32 or ms-dos C++ front end too if you want for comparison sake

But basically - if you know how to call a 3rd party DLL from your language of choice you're set.

p.s. If you make a 'COM DLL' instead it becomes easier to call the C++ DLL from .NET

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