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passing string from c++ dll to c#

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:24 AM

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Hi, I'm writing a program for Windows Mobile 6.5 pro devices.

I want to pass a string value generated in c++ dll to C#, but it always return null. I had try to pass back integral, and it success. may i know what am I missing in the programming code?

my c++ dll: (WMDLL.dll)
```
extern "C"
{
	__declspec(dllexport) int passInt()
	{
		return 1234;
	}
}

extern "C"
{
	__declspec(dllexport) char* passStr()
	{
		return "4545";
	}
}
```
my c#
public class Win321 { [DllImport("WMDLL.dll")] public static extern String getStr(); [DllImport("WMDLL.dll")] public static extern int getInt(); }
calling code:
```
MessageBox.Show("Int = " + Win321.getInt);

MessageBox.Show("Str = " + Win321.getStr);
```
Result:

Int = 1234

Str =
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:28 AM

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Look into standard C library for working with strings as well as into secure versions (strcpy(), wcscpy_s(), etc.)
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As Ilya points out, you should not return a string from a C function. Here's a bit more of a description as to why. It's important to understand the "why" of this.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:42 AM

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Hi,

Instead of return string value use the pass by reference technique. you should allocate buffer on higher level and pass it, then fill that buffer on lower level like this.
```
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute("WMDLL.dll", EntryPoint = "getStr")]
        [return: System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute(System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType.Bool)]
        public static extern bool getStr(StringBuilder strValue);
```
```
StringBuilder strValue = new StringBuilder(250);
                    if (getstr(strValue))
{
   ....
}
else
{<br/>...<br/> }<br/><br/>
```
In C++

BOOL getstr(TCHAR *strValue)

{

//assign the strValue here

}

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:42 PM

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Generally you should pass a buffer and it's size to the native code which would then fill the buffer with string data or return error if buffer size it too small:
```
extern "C"
{
	__declspec(dllexport) int passStr(WCHAR s, DWORD * length)
	{
		// Check if length is enough, return lengh needed and error code of not.
```
```
                // Or copy string into the buffer, return no error and actual string length.
```
```
                // Never return pointers to buffers allocated on the stack (and static buffers).
```
```
	}
}
```
Also keep in mind Windows CE is Unicode based so all strings should use 16 bit characters.

If you have an API which returns string as return parameters and you can not change that API then declare it as IntPtr and use Marshal (or Encoding) class to get actual string.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 2:43 AM

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Hi, may i know how to pass the the string back to c# from dll? I'm new to programming..

eg, in dll, i want to pass "1234" to C#

and one more question is how to assign a string stored in a variable to WCHAR s? eg

string str = "1234";

how to assign s = str ?

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:22 AM

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Hi, I'm implementing the code as:

C++ dll

extern "C"
{
	__declspec(dllexport) int passStr(WCHAR *s, DWORD length)
	{		
		// Check if length is enough, return lengh needed and error code of not.
        // Or copy string into the buffer, return no error and actual string length.
        // Never return pointers to buffers allocated on the stack (and static buffers).
		
		char* str = "I'm from c++ dll";
		int slen = strlen(str);
		int i;

		for(i = 0; i<slen; i++)
		{
			s[i] = (int)str[i];
		}
		s[slen] = 0;

		
		return 0;
	}
}

C# caller

[DllImport("WMDLL.dll")]
public static extern int passStr(System.String s, int length);

string plain = "I'm from c#                                     ";
Win321.passStr(plain, plain.Length);
MessageBox.Show("" + plain);

Seen it is working..

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:28 AM

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Look into standard C library for working with strings as well as into secure versions (strcpy(), wcscpy_s(), etc.)
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As Ilya points out, you should not return a string from a C function. Here's a bit more of a description as to why. It's important to understand the "why" of this.
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