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    Calling over from C++ to C# with C# objects?

    How do I call this function from C++?

    I can either hook the DrawThemeBackground etc in the program and call over to onPaint method or directly go into DrawButton or DrawThemeButton.
    But what are "Graphics" and "PaintEventArgs" in C++ perspectives? C++ doesn't have such things in the SDK....

    Code:
    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
    		{
    
                Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    
                this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
                file = new DotNetActiveX.VisualStyleFile(this.components);
    
    
                BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Empty;
                ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromArgb(((System.Byte)(0)), ((System.Byte)(0)), ((System.Byte)(0)));
                Image = (System.Drawing.Image)Image.FromFile("ball.png", false);
                Location = new System.Drawing.Point(120, 40);
                Name = "button1";
                Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 24);
                TabIndex = 3;
                Text = "button1";
                VisualStyle = file;
    
    
                file.ThemeFile = "C:\\WINDOWS\\Resources\\Themes\\Luna.theme";
    
    			base.OnPaint(e);
    
                
    			//if(!Disposing && !Parent.Disposing)
    			{
    				if(this.file != null && this.file.StyleFile!=String.Empty)
    				{
    					ButtonRenderer.DrawThemeButton(this.file, e.Graphics, ClientRectangle, Text, Font, TextFormat, Image, ImageRectangle, (DisplayFocus & Focused), State);
    				}
    				else
    			    {
    					ButtonRenderer.DrawButton(e.Graphics, ClientRectangle, Text, Font, TextFormat, Image, ImageRectangle, (DisplayFocus & Focused), State);
    				}
    			}
                
    		}

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    Re: Calling over from C++ to C# with C# objects?

    You certainly must use C++/CLI for this to work.

    http://pragmateek.com/using-c-from-n...lp-of-ccli-v2/

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    Re: Calling over from C++ to C# with C# objects?

    [Thread moved to c++/cli]
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    Re: Calling over from C++ to C# with C# objects?

    You can create a Graphics from a Win32 GDI object by calling its static FromHdc() or FromHwnd() method and in turn use that to construct the PaintEventArgs. However, to be able to use an OnPaint() override, in the first place you need an instance of your own class derived from System.Windows.Forms.Control (directly or indirectly), and that's something you usually don't have in a Win32 application.

    As wolle already suggested, C++/CLI is the standard tool for writing an interface layer beween native C++ Win32 code and managed C# code. Another option for interfacing is to expose a COM object from a managed C# DLL.
    Last edited by Eri523; September 11th, 2017 at 07:41 AM.
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