.NET Development Foundation/Interoperability Classes

Interoperability, Reflection, and Mailing: Classes, interfaces and tools Classes, Interfaces, and tools COM interoperability Exam objective: Expose COM components to the .NET Framework and .NET Framework components to COM (Refer System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace) Exposing COM Components to the .NET Framework First there is an article in the .NET developers guide that covers the first part of this section, see MSDN Import a type library as an assembly - MSDN Add references to type libraries Same link as above, see second paragraph. Type Library Importer (Tlbimp.exe) - MSDN Generate interop assemblies from type libraries - MSDN Imported Library Conversion - MSDN Imported Module Conversion - MSDN Imported Type Conversion - MSDN Imported Member Conversion - MSDN Imported Parameter Conversion - MSDN TypeConverter class - MSDN Create COM types in managed code - MSDN Compile an interop project - MSDN Deploy an interop application - MSDN Exposing .NET Framework Components to COM The rest of the objectives of that section directly refers to MSDN Qualify the .NET Framework types for interoperation - MSDN Apply Interop attributes, such as the ComVisibleAttribute class - MSDN Package an assembly for COM - MSDN Deploy an application for COM access - MSDN Call DLL functions Exam objective: Call unmanaged DLL functions in a .NET Framework application, and control the marshalling of data in a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace) Platform Invoke - MSDN Create a class to hold DLL functions - MSDN Create prototypes in managed code - MSDN DllImportAttribute class - MSND Call a DLL function - MSDN Look for "P/Invoke" on the internet. A good reference is: http://www.pinvoke.net/ Some short hints: For the DllAttribute "CharSet", Logically, CharSet.Auto is the most secure way as this will autodetect the Charset used. The CharSet can be ANSI(Win95/Win98/ME) or Unicode (Win2000/WinXP) GetEntryPoint: There could be one tricky question as the EntryPoint states the method that should be called. In case the name of the method used differs from the method to be called, this flag is necessary. Call a DLL function in special cases, such as passing structures and implementing callback functions Same link as above Passing structures - MSDN Implementing callback functions - MSDN Create a new Exception class and map it to an HRESULT - MSDN Default marshaling behavior - MSDN Marshal data with Platform Invoke - MSDN Marshal data with COM Interop - MSDN MarshalAsAttribute class and Marshal class MarshalAsAttribute class - MSDN Marshal class - MSDN Implement Reflection Exam objective: Implement reflection functionality in a .NET Framework application (refer System.Reflection namespace), and create metadata, Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL), and a PE file by using the System.Reflection.Emit namespace. Building a custom attribute (annexes) Assembly class -MSDN Assembly attributes - MSDN AssemblyAlgorithmIdAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyCompanyAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyConfigurationAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyCopyrightAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyCultureAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyDefaultAliasAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyDelaySignAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyDescriptionAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyFileVersionAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyFlagsAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyKeyFileAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyTitleAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyTrademarkAttribute class - MSDN AssemblyVersionAttribute class - MSDN Info classes ConstructorInfo class - MSDN MethodInfo class - MSDN MemberInfo class - MSDN PropertyInfo class - MSDN FieldInfo class - MSDN EventInfo class - MSDN LocalVariableInfo class - MSDN Binder class and BindingFlags - MSDN MethodBase class and MethodBody class MethodBase class - MSDN MethodBody class - MSDN Builder classes AssemblyBuilder class - MSDN ConstructorBuilder class - MSDN EnumBuilder class - MSDN EventBuilder class - MSDN FieldBuilder class - MSDN LocalBuilder class - MSDN MethodBuilder class - MSDN ModuleBuilder class - MSDN ParameterBuilder class - MSDN PropertyBuilder class - MSDN TypeBuilder class - MSDN Send Electronic mail Exam objective: Send electronic mail to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for delivery from a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Net.Mail namespace) MailMessage class - MSDN MailAddress class and MailAddressCollection class MailAddress class - MSDN MailAddressCollection class - MSDN SmtpClient class, SmtpPermission class, and SmtpPermissionAttribute class SmtpClient class - MSDN SmtpPermission class - MSDN SmtpPermissionAttribute class - MSDN Attachment class, AttachmentBase class, and AttachmentCollection class Attachment class - MSDN AttachmentBase class - MSDN AttachmentCollection class - MSDN SmtpException class, SmtpFailedReceipientException class, and SmtpFailedReceipientsException class SmtpException class - MSDN SmtpFailedReceipientException class - MSDN Please note that there is a typo in the exam objective page here, they use SmtpFailedReceipientException instead of SmtpFailedRecipientException. SmtpFailedRecipientsException class - MSDN Same typo then above SendCompleteEventHandler delegate - MSDN LinkedResource class and LinkedResourceCollection class LinkedResource class - MSDN LinkedResourceCollection class - MSDN AlternateView class and AlternateViewCollection class AlternateView class - MSDN AlternateViewCollection class - MSDN