Using C# in C++ project with Visual Studio 2005
Today when I have been cleaning folders on my hard drive, I have found yet another demo project. I have built it sometime ago to demonstrate how how one can have C# and C++ project in one solution and link them both into one binary using C++ linker. It looks like it had never found its way to my blog and I have decided to fix this by posting it today.
For this demo, I have generated WCF service server and client in C# and then build C# code into a .netmodule and linked it together with C++ code into one binary. Same time I build C# as another client just for testing purpose. Most if not all code is generated from IDE using standard wizards.
To achieve this I had to do the following in addition to generating all C# code:
1) I created a Pre-Build event using information from Build.log for C# project to link C# code into a .net module
2) I changed linker settings for C++ code.
a. I have added path to C# .netmodule to Add Module Assembly (/ASSEMBLYMODULE)
b. I had to change to use LTCG in Debug mode also
c. and Additional Includes settings in command line
3) Added #using<> in my cpp code to reference C# .net module
4) Changed Additional include settings such that compiler can find .netmodule when compiling C++ code.
That should be all one has to do to repeat this task. When I worked on the sample,
I was primarily interested in demonstrating that using similar approach one can keep most of application native and rebuild one component as managed (/clr) in order to start using C# code and VS IDE wizards for generating WCF service clients. Perhaps someone else may find this sample interesting. I am attaching a zip file with source code to the post.