January 2002
Intermediate to advanced
1608 pages
38h 34m
English
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Contents
1. Introduction to the .NET Framework
Features of the .NET Framework
Version Resiliency (The End of DLL Hell)
Concepts Important for This Book
2. Bridging the Two Worlds—Managed and Unmanaged Code
Managed Code Versus Unmanaged Code
Goals of Unmanaged Code Interaction
How Can Using Unmanaged Code Be Secure?
How Unmanaged Code Interacts with Managed Code
Platform Invocation Services (PInvoke)