No functions in C# DLL with RGiesecke.DllExport

runfastman picture runfastman · Dec 22, 2015 · Viewed 8.5k times · Source

I am trying to make a DLL in C# for use in a couple other languages. I found RGiesecke's DllExport but it doesn't seem to work. It builds just fine and makes a dll, but when I open it in Dependency Walker it doesn't show any functions, and my calling code can't find them either.

I created a new "Class Library" project (VS 2013) and then installed "Unmanaged Exports (DllExport for .Net)" from NuGet. Are there any project settings I need?

Here is my code.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using RGiesecke.DllExport;

namespace ToolServiceDLL
{
    public class Class1
    {
      [DllExport("addUp", CallingConvention = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.StdCall)]
      public static double addUp(double num1, double num2)
      {
        return num1 + num2;
      }

      [DllExport("get5", CallingConvention = System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.StdCall)]
      public static int get5()
      {
        return 5;
      }
    }
}

Answer

runfastman picture runfastman · Jan 5, 2016

I found the problem. It has it in the RGiesecke Documentation, but I missed it. In the project settings->Build->Platform target: you can not have it set to "Any CPU". You must have it set to x64 or x86 depending on if you want to use it in a a 64 or 32 bit application.