how can i develop win32 application with c# ?

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Hi everybody,

I want to develop an application with c# without .net framework and I want to use win32 dlls?

Can I do it?

Posted 18-Apr-11 21:24pm

mohammadghaderian.bp

Updated 18-Apr-11 21:28pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 19-Apr-11 3:28am

Edited for Grammar and Readability.

Sandeep Mewara 19-Apr-11 4:09am

It's more like a comment than question. What are you looking for?

Keith Barrow 9-May-11 17:45pm

Why would you want to do this?

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Solution 3

Non-simple answer yes, you can do this. The Mono project doesn't use the .net framework, being a port of .net, and is available for windows. It's main problem is it lags behind .net and the project itself is currently in trouble as the main development team was recently sacked. If it doesn't already support COM access you could implement it yourself.

You could also consider cross net[^] which compiles .Net assemblies into ANSI c++.

Another option is for you to write your own c# compiler and re-implement the class libraries already available in the framework. The effort required would be immense, but theoretically possible.

Personally, I'd go with Dalek Dave's answer ;).

Posted 9-May-11 11:55am

Keith Barrow

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You are able to use Win32 appy from .Net. example:

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int PostMessage(HandleRef hwnd, int msg, IntPtr param, IntPtr lparam);

This simple example will allow you to post\re-throw a windows message.

Posted 9-May-11 7:37am

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**Dalek Dave** · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-18T21:29:00

Solution 1

Simple answer, No.

C# is based entirely on the .NET framework.

For what you need perhaps C++ is the way to go.

Posted 18-Apr-11 21:29pm

Dalek Dave

Updated 18-Apr-11 21:30pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 19-Apr-11 11:40am

A 5.
--SA

Wonde Tadesse 9-May-11 19:23pm

A++

Niklas L 10-May-11 0:51am

Fived.