Question

I can’t understand what is wrong with a pinvoke below which results into an EntryPointNotFoundException:

A function in C with a structure declaration:

    extern "C"__declspec (dllimport) __stdcall
    LONG NET_DVR_Login_V30 (char *sDVRIP,  WORD wDVRPort,  char *sUserName,
                        char *sPassword,  LPNET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30 lpDeviceInfo);

    typedef struct
    {
        BYTE sSerialNumber[48]; 
        BYTE byAlarmInPortNum;
        BYTE byAlarmOutPortNum;
        BYTE byDiskNum;
        BYTE byDVRType;
        BYTE byChanNum;
        BYTE byStartChan;
        BYTE byAudioChanNum;
        BYTE byIPChanNum;
        BYTE byZeroChanNum;
        BYTE byMainProto;
        BYTE bySubProto;
        BYTE bySupport;
        BYTE byRes1[20];
    }NET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30,  *LPNET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30; 

The import in C#, the structure declaration and the pinvoke:

    [DllImport("SDK.dll", SetLastError = true,
        CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public extern static int NET_DVR_Login_V30(
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string sDVRIP,
            ushort wDVRPort,
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string sUserName,
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string sPassword,
            ref NET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30 lpDeviceInfo);

    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential,
        CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
        public struct NET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30
        {
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 48)]
            public string sSerialNumber;
            public byte byAlarmOutPortNum;
            public byte byDiskNum;
            public byte byDVRType;
            public byte byChanNum;
            public byte byStartChan;
            public byte byAudioChanNum;
            public byte byIPChanNum;
            public byte byZeroChanNum;
            public byte byMainProto;
            public byte bySubProto;
            public byte bySupport;
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 20)]
            public string byRes1;
        }

           NET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30 deviceInfo = new NET_DVR_DEVICEINFO_V30();
           int result = Functions.NET_DVR_Login_V30(ip, port, user,
                                                 password, ref deviceInfo);

I inspected the function name via dumpbin and it is not mangled. So I wonder why an EntryPointNotFoundException occurs, if anything were wrong with the parameters for example, a PInvokeStackImbalance error would occur, let’s say.
Any ideas what could be wrong with this pinvoke?

Answer 1

There is a tool called Dependency Walker (depends.exe) that will help debug this issue by displaying the import/export table of your SDK.DLL – I’d take a look at that. One other thing that might (this seems suspect to me) be happening is, that since you’re using char*, .NET is adding an “A” on the end of your function name. That could be balderdash though.