[Mono-list] searching the right way - call dll or so

[Chris Howie]

The correct way to do what the OP wants is to either use
DllImportAttribute with just the base name, like [DllImport("foo")]
will try to use foo.dll on windows and libfoo.so on Linux.  If the
names do not follow that pattern then you must use a DllMap:
<http://www.mono-project.com/Config_DllMap>.

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Stifu <stifu at free.fr> wrote:
>
> This may not be the best way to do this, but until someone suggests something
> better, something like this would work.
>
> First, have a method to detect the platform:
>
> public static bool IsWindows()
> {
>        if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT ||
> Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32Windows)
>        {
>                return true;
>        }
>        return false;
> }
>
> And then you could have a static variable to store the extension...
>
> DllExtension = IsWindows() ? "dll" : "so";
>
> And then simply do: "unmanagedFileName" + MyClass.DllExtension;
>
>
> real_bastie wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I develop a small application for windows and linux. On both os I need to
>> call not managed code - dll under windows, so under linux.
>>
>> How can I do the right call at application runtime?
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>
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