>> I didn't look closely enough, but from what I understand you CAN'T call C++ (or any other binary) code directly. Everything has to be wrappered into the CRL and 'assemblies'...
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>I was refering to the specially marked code block(s) that enable your C# program to call out to native API's. You are apparently allowed to use pointers and C++ features manual heap management, pointers and pointer arithmetic. I have not tried this feature yet but I just can't seem to justify the overhead of its use. Why not just go straight to Visual C++?

Well, I can see good use for that sure. Wouldn't you like to have something like this in VFP so you wouldn't have to build and distribute a separate DLL? I sure would. I don't think you'd do this in C# if that was the primary purpose of the app, but if it's a handful of things that need it, it's good to have it.