Vanara.Core
This library includes shared methods, structures and constants for use throughout the Vanara assemblies. Think of it as windows.h with some useful extensions. It includes: * Extension methods for working with enumerated types (enum), FILETIME, and method and property extractions via reflection * Extension and helper methods to marshaling structures arrays and strings * SafeHandle based classes for working with memory allocated via CoTaskMem, HGlobal, or Local calls that handles packing and extracting arrays, structures and raw memory * Safe pinning of objects in memory * Memory stream based on marshaled memory * IEnumerable helpers for COM enumerations * Custom marshaler for CoTaskMem pointers * Enhanced error results classes for HRESULT, Win32Error and NTStatus * Standard windows.h macros (e.g. HIWORD, MAKELONG, etc.) * Overlapped method wrapper * Resource ID holder
Install
dotnet add package Vanara.Core --version 5.0.5
Install-Package Vanara.Core -Version 5.0.5
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.Core" Version="5.0.5" />
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