Can I use old API functions in C#?

[Tomasz Radziszewski]

I'm thinking of functions that are not members of any class, like the
PlaySound function. Is it possible to use them in C#? How to do it? When I
try just calling this function, I get an error message:
The name 'PlaySound' does not exist in the class or namespace ...

Tom

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

If you search the archived posts of this newsgroup, you'll find that we
spend about 50% of our time doing this. It's called Platform Invoke or
P/Invoke, when you call a function implemented in an unmanaged DLL or
something. I think that, if you look, you'll find the declaration of
"PlaySound" itself.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...soft.public.dotnet.framework.compactframework

Also visit www.opennetcf.org.

Paul T.

 

[Geoff Schwab [MSFT]]

Hi Tom,

The FAQ is a good source for this type of information.

6. Interoperability and Native Code
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/prodtechinfo/devtools/netcf/FAQ/default.aspx#6.0

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