Design Considerations for Interoperation

This section provides design-time considerations that can enhance the transition between managed and unmanaged code.

In This Section

• General Considerations
  Describes the differences between managed and unmanaged programming models.

• Building COM Components for Interoperability
  Describes design-time interoperation strategies for COM components.

• Building .NET Framework Components for Interoperation
  Describes design-time interoperation strategies for .NET Framework components.

Related Sections

• Interoperating with Unmanaged Code
  Describes how to use COM interop and platform invoke.

• Advanced COM Interoperability
  Describes COM interop concepts and conversion rules.

• Interop Marshaling
  Describes marshaling for COM interop and platform invoke.