Use in C# application

[adam]

I am trying to use WinSparkle in my C# application. When I attempt to
add a reference to WinSparkle.dll, I get the following message:

A reference to WinSparkle.dll could not be added. Please make sure
that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM
component.

Is it possible to use WinSparkle from a .NET application?

Adam

[Vaclav Slavik]

Hi,

On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 09:52 -0800, adam wrote:
> Is it possible to use WinSparkle from a .NET application?

Yes, although so far in theory only. WinSparkle.dll itself is not an
assembly (yet -- see http://winsparkle.org/ticket/7), you have to use it
through P/Invoke. The API is still very simple, so you shouldn't have
any trouble here.

BTW, any C# bindings code, or even hearing back from you about how it
went, would be most welcome...

Regards,
Vaclav

[adam]

Hi Vaclav, I ended up just rolling my own update mini-framework
for .NET, which is a shame. Would have really loved to use WinSparkle.
Adam

On Mar 2, 1:12 pm, Vaclav Slavik <vsla...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 09:52 -0800, adam wrote:
> > Is it possible to use WinSparkle from a .NET application?
>
> Yes, although so far in theory only. WinSparkle.dll itself is not an

> assembly (yet -- seehttp://winsparkle.org/ticket/7), you have to use it

> through P/Invoke. The API is still very simple, so you shouldn't have
> any trouble here.
>
> BTW, any C# bindings code, or even hearing back from you about how it
> went, would be most welcome...
>
> Regards,
> Vaclav
>

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[Vaclav Slavik]

On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 10:40 -0800, adam wrote:
> Hi Vaclav, I ended up just rolling my own update mini-framework
> for .NET, which is a shame. Would have really loved to use
> WinSparkle.

Curious: So why didn't you?

thanks,
Vaclav

[Adam Duston]

> Curious: So why didn't you?

Because there was no immediate way to get started with .NET, and my
quick cost-benefit analysis told me that it would be faster to throw
together my own code rather than learn how to use P/Invoke on the
WinSparkle dll. I believe my analysis was correct, though I think I
would have gotten a nicer solution with WinSparkle.

Adam

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[Vaclav Slavik]

Hi,

On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 13:56 -0500, Adam Duston wrote:
> Because there was no immediate way to get started with .NET, and my
> quick cost-benefit analysis told me that it would be faster to throw
> together my own code rather than learn how to use P/Invoke on the
> WinSparkle dll.

I see. Sorry, I assumed it's simple enough, otherwise I'd have given you
an example:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

class WinSparkle
{
[DllImport("WinSparkle.dll")]
public static extern void win_sparkle_init();
[DllImport("WinSparkle.dll")]
public static extern void win_sparkle_cleanup();
}

Anyway, there will be proper .NET wrapper in 0.2.

Regards,
Vaclav

[adam]

> Anyway, there will be proper .NET wrapper in 0.2.

Please send a notification when this is out and I'll take a look and
possibly switch over to it.

Adam

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Den tisdagen den 2:e mars 2010 kl. 18:52:21 UTC+1 skrev adam:

Is it possible to use WinSparkle from a .NET application?

Yes, there are just a few calls to the DLL.
There is also the option to use http://netsparkle.codeplex.com/