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>I am going to repost a question I asked earlier as it is turning out to
> be quite a bit more complicated than I anticipated it to be. I have a
> bunch of projects written in native C++ (made using VS6 perhaps). Since
> I have not developed this code, I don't have the ground knowledge of
> how it works. All I know is that somehow they are being wrapped and
> used in other applications.
>
> In fact, the application I am currently working on needs these projects
> as well. Although, the application itself has been developed in C# and
> is working perfectly, my project team has decided that it would be
> better if we have the source code for the C++ modules in the
> application solution directly, so that we may be able to debug it in
> future. Right now we just reference to a bunch of wrapped dlls, which
> use Pinvoke somehow to work with the native C++ code.
>
> Now, this issue of porting the code is increasingly looking very messy.
> I just checked the documentation made by the developer who wrapped the
> native dlls. The cygwin shell is used to generate wrapped c# code -
> basically a lot of .cs files. The method entailed to do this seems more
> complicated, as it is also using the SWIG software; how? I have yet to
> figure out the nitty-gritty of it. I don't have access to the .cs
> files, but there is a VS solution file, which on loading gives a long
> list of .cs files which are not actually present. Apparently, this has
> been done intentionally, as the original developers did not want anyone
> to play around with the wrapped c charp code generated, and only wanted
> the solution to generate the required dlls. And this is the part where
> my head starts to spin completely.
>
> We have the .cpp and .h files for the concerned projects. Is there a
> reasonably straightforward way to incorporate them into VS8 without
> having to do any of this complicated dll wrapping, and just to compile
> the C++ code directly? Considering it is native code, will I have to
> study the code and change around a lot of things. While I'm working on
> it, I'm also not sure if it is feasible and would not like to spend
> time working in the wrong direction. I imagine if the c++ code can be
> incorporated in VS8 and compiled, using it with the concernde C# files
> should not be that big a problem. But I'm quite unsure how I can
> achieve that or if it's even possible.
>
> I welcome any kind of suggestion and advice regarding this issue.
>
> Thanks!
>