It's fairly common for C# users to want to use existing code as part of their application. Sometimes it's Win32® classes that aren't wrapped by the frameworks, and sometimes it's existing COM objects or C++ classes. The current documentation doesn't give a lot of guidance on how to use this code, or how to choose among the various options. I've therefore decided to spend a few columns on this subject. This column is an overview of what the options are, and in later columns I'll cover each option in more detail, with examples and guidelines.
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