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Depending on the target system, it's only needed to load the correct DLL of the CIFX driver. Both DLL versions are provided in the CIFX driver package.

Performance & PLC

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functions

In principle, the PLC functions are intended for high-performance applications with high timing requirements. The use of .NET itself is less suitable for such requirements.
Windows is not real-time capable by default and does not offer the possibility of influencing the time behavior of a process sufficiently.

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The use of .NET is not recommended for applications in this context. Accordingly, the PLC functions of the CIFX API are not supported in the C # framework.

Hilscher - C#

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Packet

Hilscher provides a VisualStudio project that implements the P/Invoke frame.

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Using an example project, the demo also shows the integration of the wrapper DLL into an application.

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"In .NET there is an integral data type, not widely known, that is specifically designated to hold 'pointer' information: IntPtr whose size is dependent on the platform (eg, 32-bit or 64-bit) it is running on. "

public void SizeOfIntPtr() {Console.WriteLine( "SizeOf IntPtr is: {0}", IntPtr.Size );}

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In the new version, the pointers described above are used instead, in order to work for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.

[DllImport("cifx32dll.dll", EntryPoint = "xChannelOpen")] 

private static extern UInt32 _xChannelOpen(

UInt32 hDriver,

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string szBoard,

UInt32 ulChannel,

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] ref UInt32 phChannel);

[DllImport("cifx32dll.dll",EntryPoint = "xChannelOpen")]

private static extern Int32 _xChannelOpen (

IntPtr hDriver,

[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string szBoard,

UInt32 ulChannel,

ref IntPtr phChannel);