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Platform Invoke Resources

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This is a post from CLR team to newsgroup microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.clr.

"Jesse Kaplan"  wrote in message ...

> Platform Invoke Resources
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> In our efforts to make the .Net platform continuously easier to develop for
> we have reviewed developer feedback and help requests from Product Support
> Services, Microsoft.dotnet newsgroups, and other blogs and message boards we
> 've taken on the task to relieving or minimizing the major pain point of
> using Platform Invoke from VB.Net and C#. After floating around proposals
> through blogs and PSS we analyzed the feedback and found a wide range of
> suggestions. They ranged from "write a tool that would list every possible
> signature and usage for each method and every possible declaration for every
> structure" to "we should make P\Invoke even harder to use to encourage
> developers to stay away from it."
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> After analyzing all this data we believe that what will help developers the
> most is a way to find all the resources that are currently available, and
> that most problems could be solved with currently available help, if it
> could only be found. To that end we compiled a list resources that should
> provide assistance to any developer, beginner or advanced, encountering
> problems with VB.Net\C# P\Invoke functionality:
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> https://www.gotdotnet.com/team/clr/bcl/TechArticles/TechArticles/PInvokeHelp/FAQ.aspx
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> This is only a temporary home for this resource. We are posting this to get
> more feedback from developers (you) who have had in the past or are
> currently having problems with P\Invoke. We want to know if this compilation
> of resources would have helped you or has helped you solve your problem, and
> if not, what additional resources do you think would further enhance the
> developer experience.  We'll take your feedback into consideration before we
> post this resource on MSDN.
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> Thank you,
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> The CLR Team
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