DllImport to import Win32 functions

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ansalc-1556 asked · May 06 at 04:37 PM

DllImport to import Win32 functions

Is it possible to use DLLImport to import the Win32 MessageBox function?

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, ExactSpelling = true)] public static extern int MessageBox(IntPtr hWnd, String text, String caption, uint type);

The following

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.runtime.interopservices.dllimportattribute?view=netcore-3.1

seems to indicate that it is valid for UWP

However, although it compiles in my UWP C# app, it does not run.

windows-uwp

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RoyLi-MSFT · May 11 at 07:43 AM

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RoyLi-MSFT · May 22 at 01:56 AM

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Answer 1 · 2020-05-07T02:05:06.433Z

RoyLi-MSFT answered · May 07 at 02:05 AM

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Not all win32 functions are available in UWP apps. See Win32 and COM APIs for an overview of Win32 API available to UWP apps. In the Extension APIs for Windows 10 devices part, you could see that only a few functions come from user32.dll could be used in UWP apps and the MessageBox function is not listed.

Thank you.

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