Is there a cleaner way to merge C++ and C#

Question

I have an application i have designed and built in C# that uses some complex filtering. i have manually calculated filter values/parameters outside of my application and added them in. this method works temporarily, but ideally i want to generate my values inside my application. The values i generate come from C++. so my thought process is to create a standalone C++ application that i run from my C# application and generate the new values and save them into some .txt file that will automatically add the new filter in. is there a better way to do this without converting this code into C#?

You can create a C++ library and use it from C# directly with a function call. — Vlad Feinstein, Aug 27 '20 at 21:10
Does this answer your question? [Using c++ library in c#](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/772041/using-c-library-in-c-sharp) — quaabaam, Aug 27 '20 at 21:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '20 at 20:58

Off the top of my head, here's a few ideas:

Like you suggested, you could save the values to a text file, and then read them in.
You could make the C++ program into a server, and connect the C# program to the C++ program over a TCP connection.
You could use a database like SQL Server to store the values.

I'm sure there's other ways to do it, but those are what came to mind.

Is there a cleaner way to merge C++ and C#

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