Hi !
I'm very proud to release Version 1.0 of the C# Wrapper for A7, it wraps 100% of the engine_sdk ! The wrapper allows the experienced A7 and C# user to create applications and games withouth the use of unsafe code !
On my site : acknexwrapper.matthias-auer.net
you find the wrapper, a manual that contains some tutorials and some info about the wrapper, plus a samples archive that contains the source and the compiled version of the projects explained in the "get Started" section of the manual.

Important : It is not advised to use the wrapper if you don't know object-oriented languages or C#, because C# uses a different programming paradigm than lite-c !

ATTENTION: a new version is on it's way, that may change naming conventions, so only use this version of the wrapper for a first glimpse at using a7 in C#

Post here questions, feedback or problems. If you know topics that should be covered in the manual and are not covered yet - send me an e-mail (mail@matthias-auer.net) or post in this thread!

wow... i'll look there

Awesome! i have been waiting ages for something like this!

Great job!

From the manual it looks like you have to write very verbose code though which always is about twice as long as the corresponding Lite-C code. Can't you hide away stuff like the var conversions like ventilator did for his python wrapper?

It would be nicer if Entity and Vector and so on could be used like real classes. e = new Entity() instead of ent_create(), vectors with overloaded operators,...

Would C# also make it possible to use generators and yield() for a scheduler?

Can the wrapper be used with other .NET languages?

Stromausfall, is not a name for a person like you.....
You should call yourself "The great coding Hero",
or "Strom-Maker",......

Thanx for your realy great contribution!

Cheers Marcel

i can't hide the var conversions because else it wouldn't be possible to use a var with a pointer.
about the idea to create the entity in the engine with the constructor - that's a great idea, i'll implement that !
I will also look into operator overloading for vectors, but not sure about that yet ^^
about the scheduler, i once created a scheduler, but the performance was quite bad - so it's better to use EVENT_FRAME (as i have heard) for that or a list that contains all functions to call in the while loop which is traversed and thus the functions are called.

No the wrapper can only be used for C# - not for all .net languages

cool! Thanks for this contribution!

Cheers,
boi

Nice.. Very very cool.. I would appreciate much if anybody can show here a simple game using C# already.. :-)

I'll try this..

Why do you need to use var with a pointer?

How did your scheduler work?

Actually I thought that's exactly what a scheduler does?

The advantage of a scheduler that uses yield() would be that it could work exactly like using wait() in Lite-C. That's what we all are very used to so it would be nice to have.

i think i did all steps correct but i get this error... any ideas? i am using VStudio 2008 and GameStudio Pro 7.06

Error 1 The command "CD C:\
C:\Program Files\GStudio7\WED.exe -p D:\ConsoleApplication1\bin\Debug\ConsoleApplication1.exe" exited with code 9009.

It does not create the acknex.dll in the debug folder. i did the whole process again and get the same problem. I double checked the paths and they seem fine as far as i can see.

just found this
http://my-tech-talk.blogspot.com/2008/11/error-9009-in-visual-studio-means.html
so edited the WED path to "C:\Program Files\GStudio7\WED.exe" -p D:\c_sharp_wrapper_A7\ConsoleApplication1\ConsoleApplication1\bin\Debug\FirstTestProgram.exe

now it runs it but crashes after opening the engine, cannot see amything. i can see A7 startup says "3 objects" then the white startup window quits and all crashes. i tried to compile some of the examples with same result.