Importing Macros from C header files?

[iliyang]

I hope this question don't win "The Most Stupid Question Of The Day" prize, but I was just wondering if there is an easy way to import the macros from some C header files (like CommCtrl.h) in C#. Cause they're very handy and the WinForms controls don't provide all of the functionality of the Windows Shell controlls.

[Colin Angus Mackay]

If you are just doing things like

#define SOME_VALUE 0x80012022

then you change it into

const uint SOME_VALUE = 0x80012022

However, if the macro expands out to to some code then you cannot do that in C#

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

C# doesn't support header files and there is no utility to "import" them from other languages. You'll have to recode, by hand, what you want out of the header into C# code and make sure it ends up in an appropriate place in your code. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

[iliyang]

OK, thanks for both replies. The hidden idea in the question was also to find someone that has already done that ;)

[Dave Kreskowiak]

The problem with writing a translator for this is it has no clue in what context translated code should be in and, therefore, can't predict where the new code should go. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome