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Vanara.PInvoke.Shared

v5.0.0

Shared methods, structures and constants for use throughout the Vanara.PInvoke assemblies. Includes: * 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 * Shared structures and enums (see release notes)

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pinvoke vanara net-extensions interop
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Total Downloads
4.4M
4,443,084
Published
Jan 12, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Vanara.PInvoke.Shared --version 5.0.0
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Vanara.PInvoke.Shared -Version 5.0.0
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Vanara.PInvoke.Shared" Version="5.0.0" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.8 .NETCoreApp3.1 net5.0 net6.0 net7.0 net8.0-windows7.0 net9.0-windows7.0 .NETStandard2.0 .NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

Vanara.Core
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.0, )
System.ComponentModel.Annotations
.NETFramework4.8
[5.0.0, )
System.Memory
.NETFramework4.8
[4.5.5, )
Vanara.Core
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.0, )
Microsoft.Win32.Registry
.NETCoreApp3.1
[5.0.0, )
System.Security.AccessControl
.NETCoreApp3.1
[6.0.1, )
Vanara.Core
net5.0
[5.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net6.0
[5.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net7.0
[5.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net8.0-windows7.0
[5.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
net9.0-windows7.0
[5.0.0, )
Vanara.Core
.NETStandard2.0
[5.0.0, )
Microsoft.Win32.Registry
.NETStandard2.0
[5.0.0, )
System.ComponentModel.Annotations
.NETStandard2.0
[5.0.0, )
System.Memory
.NETStandard2.0
[4.5.5, )
System.Security.AccessControl
.NETStandard2.0
[6.0.1, )
Vanara.Core
.NETStandard2.1
[5.0.0, )
Microsoft.Win32.Registry
.NETStandard2.1
[5.0.0, )
System.ComponentModel.Annotations
.NETStandard2.1
[5.0.0, )
System.Memory
.NETStandard2.1
[4.5.5, )
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe
.NETStandard2.1
[6.1.2, )
System.Security.AccessControl
.NETStandard2.1
[6.0.1, )

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