How to spawn process C++ from C#?

Question

I've a library in C++ to run a string matching (PFAC library)PFAC-lib. How do i run this library from WinForm C#?

I also used managedCuda to run cuda code from my C#. Any idea?

Check the [official doc](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/55d3thsc.aspx) on calling c++ from managed code. — Cleptus, Jul 25 '18 at 10:10
maybe [this](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/extern) will be helpful also — Potato, Jul 25 '18 at 10:19
@Potato thanks for your advice.. but can i run it in winform? — Thomas Yap, Jul 25 '18 at 16:50
@bradbury9 your reference link is in c++.. is there anything in c#? thanks anyway — Thomas Yap, Jul 25 '18 at 16:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 25 '18 at 12:14

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"PFAC library provides C-style API. Programmers can link the library to C/C++ code or other language."

You should be able to dllimport the parts you need for the code to work.

but you might have a hard time as i just looked at the struct create needs. good luck

answered Jul 25 '18 at 12:14

how can i import "the parts" that i want ? is create new c++ file and then debug to dll and then import it in c#? is that possible? how about the cu file? hahaha.. I'm sorry for the burden – Thomas Yap Jul 25 '18 at 16:40
an example of this would be [DllImport(nativeLibName, EntryPoint = "PFAC_create")] public static extern IntPtr PFAC_create(IntPtr PfHandle); You would need to create replicas of the structs in c# to meet the creation requirements tho – Courtney The coder Jul 25 '18 at 16:47
I've got only 24 hours to finish it.. And i'm also new to CUDA. My thought would be anything but without convert it manually in C#. But it seems impossible – Thomas Yap Jul 25 '18 at 16:59

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