Do you know an example of how to call a C++ library function (for example, print "hello world") from C# code in Linux?

I know how to create a shared library, but all the attempts to call it from C# (with DllImport) were unsuccessful. Is it necessary to compile the shared library in an special way?

Thank you.

How are you using DllImport? Are there any relevant error messages?

have you tried this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9...e-from-c-sharp ?
or this:
http://www.moythreads.com/wordpress/...call-c-from-c/

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There are four major considerations:

(a) The so-called "calling convention" must be the same. In addition, the parameters must be compatible and correctly-described.

(b) C++ uses "name mangling" to encode the parameter-list into the linker-supplied name string. Both parties must do this in the same way.

(c) The runtime environments must be compatible. If one party allocates an object, that party must also dispose of it. The correct behavior of called objects must be tested thoroughly, especially if they involve dynamic memory allocation.

(d) The appropriate declarations must be used: the serving party generally must be told to export the function (and how), and the client party must also have a compatible external declaration. At link-time or runtime, the two parties must actually be linked-together and in the correct manner.

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Thank you very much for the responses.

It worked doing the following:

In lib_mylibrary.cpp, define the functions with extern "C":
extern "C" bool InitializeUsb()

In main.cs, import the functions with:
[DllImport("./lib_mylibrary.so", EntryPoint="InitializeUsb", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern bool InitializeUsb();

This library uses libusb, so that in order to compile it and run it:
g++ -shared -o lib_mylibrary.so lib_mylibrary.cpp -I/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0 -lusb-1.0
mcs main.cs
mono main.exe