.NET represents a new and improved way of developing software for the Windows platform. Given the chance, youd probably rewrite all of your existing code in the newer managed code environment that .NET provides. But it is difficult or impossible to throw out all existing legacy code and start over when a new technology arrives. Instead, you need to find a way to move forward with new .NET development while reusing existing pieces of tested, working code. You need a way to interoperate with the existing code until you have a chance to finally rewrite all of it in .NET.
The only recipe-style book on the subject,
.NET 2.0 Interoperability Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach guides Windows developers who are transitioning from native Windows code to .NET managed code. The book
- Explains new interop features in .NET 2.0 and VS .NET 2005
- Covers PInvoke, COM, and COM+ (other books dont cover all three areas)
- Features most of its example code in C# and VB .NET, and also includes some managed C++/CLI
- Is written by a working developer with first-hand experience
.NET tools will allow you to interoperate with existing code. But finding the appropriate tool for the task at hand can sometimes be a frustrating experience. So this book will guide you past myriad infrequently used interop options to focus on those youll use most often.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This is a book about solving specific problems in mixing .Net and non-.Net code. The author clearly defines the problem being solved, and then provides a useful and well illustrated solution. Normally I use MDSN and the Visual Studio help to answer questions, but neither of those is as useful in looking at Interoperability problems. The book paid for itself quickly, by saving me time in understanding how to marshal structures over TCP between .Net and non-.Net code. I wish all technical books were as well done as this one.
