Hosting the .NET runtime in a Delphi Program
.net, com, delphi, interop, winapi
Solution
In the Jedi Code Library (JCL) - free - there is a JclDotNet.pas, containing a class TJclClrHost, probably doing what you want:
TJclClrHost = class(TJclClrBase, ICorRuntimeHost)
private
FDefaultInterface: ICorRuntimeHost;
FAppDomains: TObjectList;
procedure EnumAppDomains;
function GetAppDomain(const Idx: Integer): TJclClrAppDomain;
function GetAppDomainCount: Integer;
function GetDefaultAppDomain: IJclClrAppDomain;
function GetCurrentAppDomain: IJclClrAppDomain;
protected
function AddAppDomain(const AppDomain: TJclClrAppDomain): Integer;
function RemoveAppDomain(const AppDomain: TJclClrAppDomain): Integer;
public
constructor Create(const ClrVer: WideString = '';
const Flavor: TJclClrHostFlavor = hfWorkStation;
const ConcurrentGC: Boolean = True;
const LoaderFlags: TJclClrHostLoaderFlags = [hlOptSingleDomain]);
destructor Destroy; override;
procedure Start;
procedure Stop;
procedure Refresh;
function CreateDomainSetup: TJclClrAppDomainSetup;
function CreateAppDomain(const Name: WideString;
const Setup: TJclClrAppDomainSetup = nil;
const Evidence: IJclClrEvidence = nil): TJclClrAppDomain;
function FindAppDomain(const Intf: IJclClrAppDomain; var Ret: TJclClrAppDomain): Boolean; overload;
function FindAppDomain(const Name: WideString; var Ret: TJclClrAppDomain): Boolean; overload;
class function CorSystemDirectory: WideString;
class function CorVersion: WideString;
class function CorRequiredVersion: WideString;
class procedure GetClrVersions(VersionNames: TWideStrings); overload;
class procedure GetClrVersions(VersionNames: TStrings); overload;
property DefaultInterface: ICorRuntimeHost read FDefaultInterface implements ICorRuntimeHost;
property AppDomains[const Idx: Integer]: TJclClrAppDomain read GetAppDomain; default;
property AppDomainCount: Integer read GetAppDomainCount;
property DefaultAppDomain: IJclClrAppDomain read GetDefaultAppDomain;
property CurrentAppDomain: IJclClrAppDomain read GetCurrentAppDomain;
end;
Problem
I was looking into using some .NET code from within a Delphi program, I will need to make my program extensible using .net assemblies and predefined functions (I already support regular DLLs). After a lot of searching online, I found Managed-VCL, but I'm not ready to pay $250 for what I need, I also found some newsgroups with code that's incomplete and doesn't work. I'm using Delphi 2007 for win32. What can I use to dynamically execute a function from an assembly with predefined parameters? Something like: ``` procedure ExecAssembly(AssemblyFileName:String; Parameters: Variant); ``` I just want to add that I need to be able to load an arbitrary assemblies (maybe all the assemblies in a specific folder), so creating a C# wrapper may not work.