Merge VB.NET and C#

9 Oct 2006 10:23 AM

tomas_nordlander

Hi,

I and a college are working on 2 projects, one in C# and one in Vb.NET,
and would like to connect the projects using VB.NET project as the main
GUI and let an search algorithm in C# do the heavy work.

We are both rather new .net programmers and would appreciate some
newbie help in letting VB code give instruction to C#.

We appreciate any constructed comments, direction, pitfalls.

Thank in advance,

Tomas : )

PS" we are not interested in a discussion on doing all programming in
one of the two languages or a discussion one versus the other"

9 Oct 2006 10:58 AM

rowe_newsgroups

The simple answer would be to compile the C# code into a dll and then
add it into your VB project.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe

tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I and a college are working on 2 projects, one in C# and one in Vb.NET,
> and would like to connect the projects using VB.NET project as the main
> GUI and let an search algorithm in C# do the heavy work.
>
> We are both rather new .net programmers and would appreciate some
> newbie help in letting VB code give instruction to C#.
>
> We appreciate any constructed comments, direction, pitfalls.
>
> Thank in advance,
>
> Tomas : )
>
> PS" we are not interested in a discussion on doing all programming in
> one of the two languages or a discussion one versus the other"

9 Oct 2006 11:53 AM

Robinson

<tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1160389385.073563.50600@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I and a college are working on 2 projects, one in C# and one in Vb.NET,
> and would like to connect the projects using VB.NET project as the main
> GUI and let an search algorithm in C# do the heavy work.
>
> We are both rather new .net programmers and would appreciate some
> newbie help in letting VB code give instruction to C#.
>
> We appreciate any constructed comments, direction, pitfalls.
>

Yes as Seth says, create a C# project (a Class Library) and put your C#
classes into it. Then add a reference to the library from your VB.NET
project. You will of course have to ship the library .DLL too.

10 Oct 2006 4:23 PM

rmacias

Like the others said, in your solution you can have two projects, one DLL C#
project, and the other a VB.NET WinForms application. Just add the reference
to the DLL project from your VB.NET project.

Just FYI, a lot of newbie .net programmers don't usually know that you will
not see any kind of performance difference in doing "heavy work" in C#, since
the same code in either language will product the same IL most of the time.
However, I do highly recommend, for your benefit, in learning the two main
..NET syntaxs' (C# and VB.NET). What you are doing is a good way to learn
them both. Trust me, I encourage the direction you are taking. I have
interviewed many candidates with "2 to 3 year .NET experience" and not know
what Intermediate Language is. Being fluent in both will make you that much
more valuable.

Good luck!

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"tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I and a college are working on 2 projects, one in C# and one in Vb.NET,
> and would like to connect the projects using VB.NET project as the main
> GUI and let an search algorithm in C# do the heavy work.
>
> We are both rather new .net programmers and would appreciate some
> newbie help in letting VB code give instruction to C#.
>
> We appreciate any constructed comments, direction, pitfalls.
>
> Thank in advance,
>
> Tomas : )
>
> PS" we are not interested in a discussion on doing all programming in
> one of the two languages or a discussion one versus the other"
>
>

17 Oct 2006 8:36 AM

Tomas

Thanks for your help guys, its very appreciated.

Tomas

rmacias wrote:
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> Like the others said, in your solution you can have two projects, one DLL C#
> project, and the other a VB.NET WinForms application. Just add the reference
> to the DLL project from your VB.NET project.
>
> Just FYI, a lot of newbie .net programmers don't usually know that you will
> not see any kind of performance difference in doing "heavy work" in C#, since
> the same code in either language will product the same IL most of the time.
> However, I do highly recommend, for your benefit, in learning the two main
> .NET syntaxs' (C# and VB.NET). What you are doing is a good way to learn
> them both. Trust me, I encourage the direction you are taking. I have
> interviewed many candidates with "2 to 3 year .NET experience" and not know
> what Intermediate Language is. Being fluent in both will make you that much
> more valuable.
>
> Good luck!
>
> "tomas_nordlan***@yahoo.com" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I and a college are working on 2 projects, one in C# and one in Vb.NET,
> > and would like to connect the projects using VB.NET project as the main
> > GUI and let an search algorithm in C# do the heavy work.
> >
> > We are both rather new .net programmers and would appreciate some
> > newbie help in letting VB code give instruction to C#.
> >
> > We appreciate any constructed comments, direction, pitfalls.
> >
> > Thank in advance,
> >
> > Tomas : )
> >
> > PS" we are not interested in a discussion on doing all programming in
> > one of the two languages or a discussion one versus the other"
> >
> >