> Hi
>
> My application has been coded in C#, and it is being developed on
> Visual Studio 8.0. There are some projects in my application that
> needed C++ modules already built by another program. Since a
> considerable amount of time and energy has been invested in writing
> these C++ modules, my project team has decided not to rewrite this
> code in C# and repeat the whole exercise.
>
> Instead, these code modules were wrapped using SWIG, and used as
> referenced Dlls from the C# projects. Everything works; however, we
> have now recognised the advantages of having access to the source code
> in the application solution. We want to be able to debug the source
> code directly, if at all there is a need for it in future.
>
> Either we re-write the code in C#, which has been ruled out
> completely. The other thing would be to somehow have studio compile
> the unmanaged code as managed code. I don't even know if this is
> possible. And since I know very little about this subject as of now, I
> don't have much perception about a potential solution. So while I
> research this, if any of you have some sort of advice that could be
> helpful, I would appreciate if you could share that with me.
>
> Thanks!
>

> Yes, you can use your current C++ code and compile it as Managed C++ using
> the /clr option.
>
> Actually, you'd probably be better off creating a new C++ project (.net type)
> in VS8, and adding your source files to that project.  This will ensure your
> compilation options are ideal for generating .net assemblies.
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > My application has been coded in C#, and it is being developed on
> > Visual Studio 8.0. There are some projects in my application that
> > needed C++ modules already built by another program. Since a
> > considerable amount of time and energy has been invested in writing
> > these C++ modules, my project team has decided not to rewrite this
> > code in C# and repeat the whole exercise.
> >
> > Instead, these code modules were wrapped using SWIG, and used as
> > referenced Dlls from the C# projects. Everything works; however, we
> > have now recognised the advantages of having access to the source code
> > in the application solution. We want to be able to debug the source
> > code directly, if at all there is a need for it in future.
> >
> > Either we re-write the code in C#, which has been ruled out
> > completely. The other thing would be to somehow have studio compile
> > the unmanaged code as managed code. I don't even know if this is
> > possible. And since I know very little about this subject as of now, I
> > don't have much perception about a potential solution. So while I
> > research this, if any of you have some sort of advice that could be
> > helpful, I would appreciate if you could share that with me.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >

> Yes, you can use your current C++ code and compile it as Managed C++ using
> the /clr option.
>
> Actually, you'd probably be better off creating a new C++ project (.net type)
> in VS8, and adding your source files to that project.  This will ensure your
> compilation options are ideal for generating .net assemblies.
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > My application has been coded in C#, and it is being developed on
> > Visual Studio 8.0. There are some projects in my application that
> > needed C++ modules already built by another program. Since a
> > considerable amount of time and energy has been invested in writing
> > these C++ modules, my project team has decided not to rewrite this
> > code in C# and repeat the whole exercise.
> >
> > Instead, these code modules were wrapped using SWIG, and used as
> > referenced Dlls from the C# projects. Everything works; however, we
> > have now recognised the advantages of having access to the source code
> > in the application solution. We want to be able to debug the source
> > code directly, if at all there is a need for it in future.
> >
> > Either we re-write the code in C#, which has been ruled out
> > completely. The other thing would be to somehow have studio compile
> > the unmanaged code as managed code. I don't even know if this is
> > possible. And since I know very little about this subject as of now, I
> > don't have much perception about a potential solution. So while I
> > research this, if any of you have some sort of advice that could be
> > helpful, I would appreciate if you could share that with me.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >