Troubleshooting VC++ DLL in VB.Net
- by Jolyon
I'm trying to make a solution in Visual Studio that consists of a VC++ DLL and a VB.Net application. To figure this out, I created a VC++ Class Library project, with the following code (I removed all the junk the wizard creates):
mathfuncs.cpp:
#include "MathFuncs.h"
namespace MathFuncs
{
double MyMathFuncs::Add(double a, double b)
{
return a + b;
}
}
mathfuncs.h:
using namespace System;
namespace MathFuncs
{
public ref class MyMathFuncs
{
public:
static double Add(double a, double b);
};
}
This compiles quite happily. I can then add a VC++ console project to the solution, add a reference to the original project for this new project, and call it as follows:
test.cpp:
using namespace System;
int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
double a = 7.4;
int b = 99;
Console::WriteLine("a + b = {0}",
MathFuncs::MyMathFuncs::Add(a, b));
return 0;
}
This works just fine, and will build to test.exe and mathsfuncs.dll.
However, I want to use a VB.Net project to call the DLL. To do this, I add a VB.Net project to the solution, make it the startup project, and add a reference to the original project. Then, I attempt to use it as follows:
MsgBox(MathFuncs.MyMathFuncs.Add(1, 2))
However, when I run this code, it gives me an error: "Could not load file or assembly 'MathFuncsAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format."
Do I need to expose the method somehow?
I'm using Visual Studio 2008 Professional.
