How to get a class from another process?

Question

I have two processes in my computer.
One is a dll file which creates a class and gets some data from it when a particular application executes.
The other one is an exe file that uses this data and executes some methods.

How to pass the class of the dll file to the exe file and use it?

Answer

@Parker Shiung , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A, there are two methods for you to pass the class of the dll file to the exe file and use it.

I create a class library and a console app.

Dll:

namespace TestDll  
{  
    public class Student  
    {  
        public int Id { get; set; }  
  
        public string Name { get; set; }  
  
        public void SayHello (string name,int id)  
        {  
            string result = string.Format("My Name is {0} and Id is {1}", name, id);  
            Console.WriteLine(result);  
        }  
              
  
    }  
}

A. You could add the dll file as the reference for the console app, then you could use the following code to use the class directly:

using TestDll;  
  
namespace ConsoleApp1  
{  
    internal class Program  
    {  
        static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            Student stu=new Student();  
            stu.Name = "test1";  
            stu.Id = 1001;  
            stu.SayHello(stu.Name, stu.Id);  
        }  
    }  
}

B. You could use reflection to call the method, like the following code:

var DLL = Assembly.LoadFile(@"TestDll.dll");  
        var theType = DLL.GetType("TestDll.Student");  
        var c = Activator.CreateInstance(theType);  
        PropertyInfo name = theType.GetProperty("Name");  
        name.SetValue(c, "test1");  
        PropertyInfo id = theType.GetProperty("Id");  
        id.SetValue(c, 1001);  
        var method = theType.GetMethod("SayHello");  
        method.Invoke(c, new object[] { name.GetValue(c),id.GetValue(c) });

Hope my solution could help you.

Best Regards,
Jack

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