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I've got a solution with 3 components, a managed C++ class library, a C# class library, and an unmanaged C++ exe. The executable loads the C++ dll using LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress, this works fine ...

At one stage it seemed that .Net was simply a prefix for every new Microsoft product release but, while still not perfect, it is evolving into a stable platform for Web services development The ideal ...

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