>I've been messing around with some code that uses Shell32.DLL for file browsing that I managed to hack together in C#. I'm looking at doing a rewrite and I was wondering... Is there a compelling reason to stick with C# on this. It seems like it would be a ton easier to write this type of code in C++ and either go mixed mode or pure /CLR with it in C++.
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>My C++ is a bit rusty, but it usually comes back pretty quickly. Do C++ CLR DLLs play nicely with C# projects? Any compelling reason to stick with C# for this?

So... from the lack of response I'm guessing no c++ programers in the crowd?

Well to answer my own question... so far it looks very doable. I can call the shell functions directly from managed c++ code, I can call the c++ dll from c# exactly as if it were a C# dll.

My biggest problem is what seems like a complet lack of resources when it comes to c++ managed code. Most of the CLR samples do not show c++ samples and simple things like converting a c++ string to a clr string are hard to find.

And I'm running into some small anoiances like my c++ ObservableCollection returning Error 7 not supported by the language in C#. I can work around that if I need to. It's also looking like properties are not correctly supported. I haven't tested that yet.