Getting HelpString info from a VB dll?

Question

I am writing a C# app that loads COM dlls and interrogates them for method information.

This works ok with .NET dlls, but I'm having trouble retrieving everything I need from VB 6.0 dlls. While I can get method name and return type, I can't get the HelpString either from the type or its properties.

I've been using the classes in the TLI namespace: TLI.TypeLibInfo, TLI.TypeInfo, TLI.InterfaceInfo and TLI.MemberInfo. TLI.MemberInfo has properties called HelpFile, HelpContext and HelpStringContext but they are always 0 or null.

Is there a way to get the help information this way?

If not, is there another way to get to it?

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

May be you should use the DllImport Attribute class first include System.Runtime.InteropServices; then suppose that we need a method Hello(string sMessage) from a vb6 dll called HelloVb6.dll [dllImport(HelloVb6.dll)] public static extern void Hello(string sMessage); the method have to be marked static dont forget the keyword extern used in this case Now call the method within your code public void Main() { Hello(I'm here waiting for you!!!); }