Using C# GUI in VC++

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Hi,
I have an application written in VC++ (VS2010--unmanaged code) but I want rich UI so that I would like to use C#. So I want to built my UI using C# and then use it in VC++.
Please let me know whether it is possible to use.
Do I need to use WPF and XAML to achieve rich UI?
What could the problems that I could face if I am using combination of unmanaged code with managed code?
Do I need to convert my unmanaged code to managed code and then I can use that code from C#.

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Posted 19-Jun-13 19:57pm

pottabathhini krishna mohan

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2013-06-19T20:21:00

WPF will definitely give you a richer UI. Winforms doesn't look that different to MFC. You can make your C++ code managed C++ easily enough, and thus write bridging methods you can easily call. Otherwise you'll need to still put it in a dll, but use p/invoke to write code to call the dll from C#, which will be much more work.

H.Brydon · Answer 2 · 2013-06-20T18:13:00

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You can't mix the UI systems between C++ and C#. If there are no UI features in your C++ code you can call it from C#. You can not (easily/practically) call C# from native C++.

An exception to this is C++/CLI, but I don't think you are asking about that.

Posted 20-Jun-13 18:13pm

H.Brydon