Interop Repository

Two languages working together

Quick Status

Code functions correctly

no known defects

Demonstration code

yes

Documentation

yes

Test cases

none planned

Static library

none planned

Build requires

C++17 option, C# 7.0

Planned design changes

Add more demo code

1.0 Concept

Interop is a term used to describe collaboration between two or more components written in different languages. In this repository there are examples of interoperation between code written in C++, C++\CLI, and C#.

One reason for using interop is to take advantage of the very well engineered Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) framework to build Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for C++ code. WPF requires the use of a .Net language, usually C#, but occasionally C++\CLI.

2.0 Contents

This repository provides a collection of interoperation useage demos and examples:

CppBridge:
Demonstrates interop by running a native C++ tokenizer from a C# client, using a C++\CLI shim class to connect the client and tokenizer.
FormsInterop:
Expands on the first demo by using three different GUI implementations, a C++\CLI form, a C# winform, and a C# WPF form.
ManagedCPP:
Provides examples of C++\CLI (managed code) and native C++ interacting in code from a single file. A number of projects are included. The best place to start is with the Managed_Again project.
ManagedCppSyntaxExamples:
A collection of small and simple demonstrations of C++\CLI features.
WPF-ConsoleApplication:
Shows how to provide console output from a WPF application.
WPF-Interop:
This is a prototype for the WPF GUIs you will see packaged with many of the tools in the Tools collection.

3.0 Build

This code has been built with Visual Studio, Community Edition - 2019, and tested on Windows 10.