Use .NET C structure

[malef]

I am a newbie to .NET

We use a .NET DLL and have a public C# structure (public struct) which is defined in the .NET class.

Is it possible to generate this structure automatically in LabVIEW?

[jzoller]

Possible, yes. Easy... hrm.

The "right" way probably involves writing something using .NET reflection to look at the assembly. From there, you could build the structure as a cluster using LV's scripting interface.

The, ah, cheap and dirty way probably involves using Redgate's Reflector in command line mode, outputting to a file, and parsing the file for the structure info. You're still going to need to use scripting, though.

Overall, it would be very time consuming over just manually doing the work.

Joe Z.

Edited April 20, 2010 by jzoller

[jzoller]

Possible, yes. Easy... hrm.

The "right" way probably involves writing something using .NET reflection to look at the assembly. From there, you could build the structure as a cluster using LV's scripting interface.

The, ah, cheap and dirty way probably involves using Redgate's Reflector in command line mode, outputting to a file, and parsing the file for the structure info. You're still going to need to use scripting, though.

Overall, it would be very time consuming over just manually doing the work.

Joe Z.

On further reflection, you could skip scripting by just using a variant dictionary, map, associative array, or other generic storage.

Joe Z.

[malef]

On further reflection, you could skip scripting by just using a variant dictionary, map, associative array, or other generic storage.

Joe Z.

Joe thx for your sugesstions,

being short in time I had to build the cluster manually.

Manfred