Newbie question: iSED and .NET

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groston Members Profile Find Members Posts Beginner Joined: 14 Dec 08 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote groston Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Newbie question: iSED and .NET Posted: 14 Dec 08 at 4:50PM
	Not really a newbie, but haven't used this for years. Would someone please summarize the steps for using the DLL with a .NET application in such a manner that the application can be easily moved to another computer. (In this context, 'easily' means without having to 'install' the DLL on the target machine.) Many thanks. Edited by groston - 14 Dec 08 at 6:48PM

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15 Dec 08 at 1:28AM
	Hi! It's not the best way but you can use this "not-.NET-dll" in .NET-applications, too. Please read here about the "how to" and "what to do": http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26thfadc.aspx Cheers, Ingo

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 2:13PM
	Has anyone done this? I'd really like to see some actual examples.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 09 at 2:44PM
	Hi Jim! What about you? Then we have here some examples for all users. It's a good idea. Please do it. Cheers, Ingo

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jan 09 at 12:01PM
	If nobody has done it, I will be trying it myself. I will return and update my status.

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Mar 09 at 2:52PM
	I've got this working in my ASP.NET application. You use the iSQP0511DotNet.cs file from the DLL zip. You import the DLL into your application. In my app, it goes in the bin folder. Then you use the class name from the cs file to create your classes. The application will find the dll in the local folder and be able to use the functions without the DLL being registered.

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 1:06PM
	I've found a major issue with this use. The DLLImport function from the C# file requires the use of "static". If you convert to VB, it uses "shared". This means that every instance of a QuickPDF that you use will share the same memory, which is a disaster (for me anyway). Here's some code: dim obj1 as new QuickPDF dim obj2 as new QuickPDF obj1.unlockkey("key") obj2.unlockkey("key") obj1.drawtext(100,100,"Hello World") obj2.drawtext(100,200,"Goodbye World") ---------------- In this case, both of your objects will have both "Hello World" and "Goodbye World". I tried using Declare instead of dllimport, but I got the same result.

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 2:43PM
	Hi Jim! This is still one of the main problems with the rising of .NET... I've posted it already before but perhaps you didn't see it. You can use a non static dll with C#, too. Please read here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/26thfadc.aspx from the ... .NET Framework Developer's Guide in chapter ... Consuming Unmanaged DLL Functions Cheers, Ingo Edited by Ingo - 11 Mar 09 at 2:45PM

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 3:27PM
	The link seems to say that you can only use static (or Shared for VB) for a dll called this way. I'm trying to read through it, but if you understand differently, can you point me to the right place?

Ingo Members Profile Find Members Posts Moderator Group Joined: 29 Oct 05 Status: Offline Points: 3524	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ingo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 3:45PM
	Hi Jim! In the new test-package you which you can download from Debenu there's a cs-file included to use the unmamaged dll with C#. Cheers, Ingo

Jim Sullivan Members Profile Find Members Posts Team Player Joined: 10 Nov 05 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 36	Post Options Post Reply Quote Jim Sullivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11 Mar 09 at 4:01PM
	I may be really thick here, but I think that's what I've downloaded. That has the "static" calls listed. I think that's what I used where I ran into the problem.

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