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From: "Rego, P." <pvrego@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Using dll from a C# code
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Em quinta-feira, 1 de mar=E7o de 2012 13h25min36s UTC-3, Georg Bauhaus  esc=
reveu:
> On 01.03.12 16:15, Rego, P. wrote:
> > Em quinta-feira, 1 de mar=E7o de 2012 11h38min52s UTC-3, gautier...@hot=
mail.com  escreveu:
> >> Le jeudi 1 mars 2012 12:41:55 UTC+1, Rego, P. a =E9crit :
> >>
> >>> Actually no. I am using native .NET for generating the dll. So I just=
 run C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319 /t:library simple.cs
> >>
> >> A .NET DLL is not a traditional DLL and has not Intel machine code in =
it.
> >> It was called DLL just to avoid disturbing some people (and confusing =
other).=20
> >=20
> > I don't get it. So is not possible to import a C#/.NET method in dll in=
 an Ada code?
>=20
> It is possible to import a method of a .NET type into a native
> Ada program if it is possible to import a method of a .NET type
> into a native C++ program, i.e. not into a C++/CLI program,
> but into a C++ program that is compiled with a C++ compiler
> that generates processor instructions, not .NET byte code.
>=20
> Similar possibilities exist for importing methods of a compiled
> Java class (JVM byte code) into an Ada program that is compiled
> into Intel/AMD processor instructions.
>=20
> IINM, DLL in
> - .NET means libraries of O-O types with methods, in byte code.
> - Win32 means libraries of functions, processor instructions.
>=20
> The Windows(TM) platforms are many. It is necessary to pick
> compilers for compatible targets. For example, A# (GNAT for .NET)
> with one of the .NET compilers by Microsoft.
>=20
> But then, using .NET types from A# programs means with-ing
> packages of .NET types, not importing single methods.
>=20
> public class VerifyClass { ... }
>=20
> will become a tagged type on the Ada side, and you use
> this Ada type almost as usual in O-O Ada.  There will a pointer to
> the reference handling objects of imported type VerifyClass.

I understand. Thanks.