[IronPython] how to convert C# MarshalAs code to IronPython

[Ashley Abraham]

Is it a good approach to use clrtype.py or is there a better way to call the
C function from IronPython...

Also, the SizeParamIndex works ok when it is set to 10 in VS2005, but it
does error out when used in VS2010, then I set it to 1.

Thanks
Ashley

On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org>wrote:

> You'd need to decorate the string array parameter with a lot more
> information -- it's an ANSI string rather than a Unicode string, for
> instance, and there's another parameter that describes the length of the
> array. But I just looked at the code for clrtype.accepts, and it doesn't
> appear to support decorating the parameter types with additional attributes.
> If you can get at the TypeBuilder -- and I know this used to be possible --
> then the easiest way to implement this is probably just to call
> TypeBuilder.DefinePInvokeMethod directly.
>
>
> Is there a typo in the C# code? It looks like SizeParamIndex should be 1
> and not 10.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Ashley Abraham <abrahams84 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>     I have the following C# code and I am trying to do the same
>> functionality in IronPython, any help is appreciated.
>>
>> I was trying to do the same functionality in IronPython using the
>> clrtype.py from the IronPython-2.6-Samples and I am able to connect to the
>> library and the function but I am having trouble passing array of strings.
>> With the current code it only passes the first letter and then it crashes.
>>
>> I am trying to call  cwavec(int, int, char *) and it is a C function
>> which is part of the vniwave.dll and I am trying access it in IronPython.
>>
>> C# code:
>>
>> namespace PVWave
>> {
>>     public class OPI
>>     {
>>
>> [DllImport("C:\\datk_code\\VNI\\wave\\bin\\bin.i386nt\\vniwave.dll",
>>             EntryPoint = "cwavec",
>>             ExactSpelling = false,
>>             CharSet = CharSet.Ansi,
>>             SetLastError = true)]
>>         public static extern unsafe int cwavec(Int32 action, Int32 nCmds,
>>             [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubType =
>> UnmanagedType.LPStr, SizeParamIndex = 10)] string[] cmds);
>>
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> Here is my attempt in IronPython:
>>
>> import clrtype
>> import System
>> import sys
>>
>> class OPI(object):
>>     "Description of Class"
>>
>>     # Note that you could also the "ctypes" modules instead of pinvoke
>> declarations
>>     __metaclass__ = clrtype.ClrClass
>>
>>     sys.path.append("C:\\datk_code\\VNI\\wave\\bin\\bin.i386nt")
>>
>>     from System.Runtime.InteropServices import DllImportAttribute,
>> PreserveSigAttribute
>>     DllImport = clrtype.attribute(DllImportAttribute)
>>     PreserveSig = clrtype.attribute(PreserveSigAttribute)
>>
>>
>>     @staticmethod
>>     @DllImport("vniwave.dll")
>>     @PreserveSig()
>>     @clrtype.accepts(System.Int32, System.Int32,
>> System.Array[System.String])
>>     @clrtype.returns()
>>     def cwavec(action, nCommands, commands): raise RuntimeError("this
>> should not get called")
>>
>> def call_pinvoke_method_pvwave():
>>     print "Calling pinvoke pvwave methods:"
>>     actionNum = 2
>>     nCommands = 1
>>     commands = System.Array[System.String](['PRINT, "Connected to PV-Wave
>> from IronPython"'])
>>     print "cwavec(action, nCommands, commands):"
>>     OPI.cwavec(actionNum, nCommands, commands)
>>
>> call_pinvoke_method_pvwave()
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ash
>>
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