The common language runtime provides Platform Invocation Services, or PInvoke, that enables managed code to call C-style functions in native dynamic-linked libraries (DLLs). The same data marshaling is used as for COM interoperability with the runtime and for the "It Just Works," or IJW, mechanism. For more information, see: Using Explicit PInvoke in C++ (DllImport Attribute) Using C++ Interop (Im
