https://github.com/smourier/win32interopbuilder

A tool to generate .NET AOT-friendly Win32 interop code from Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Win32Metadata package.
https://github.com/smourier/win32interopbuilder

aot dotnet dotnet-core interop win32

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A tool to generate .NET AOT-friendly Win32 interop code from Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Win32Metadata package.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/smourier/win32interopbuilder
• Owner: smourier
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-04-17T16:25:33.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-03T17:36:41.000Z (23 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-12T17:14:29.889Z (14 days ago)
• Topics: aot, dotnet, dotnet-core, interop, win32
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 201 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Win32InteropBuilder

A tool to generate .NET AOT-friendly Win32 interop code from Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Win32Metadata package.

An example of this is [DirectNAot](https://github.com/smourier/DirectNAot) which is an AOT-friendly version of [DirectN](https://github.com/smourier/DirectN).

The key points that drive how code is generated and built:

* modern code exclusively based on .NET 8 newer source-generated LibraryImport, source-generated ComWrappers, etc. Note the result is the a .dll size is significantly bigger than what it was before.

* unsafe usage is limited.

* raw pointers usage is not exposed, only interface types, object types, or nint depending on the situation.

* doing interop is inherently unsafe but we want to keep a.NET-like programming whenever possible. The generated code serves a similar purpose to the CsWin32 project, but the generated code and how we program it are quite different.