Question

I want to build a DLL Class Library use COM Interop, with C#, target ANY CPU, and register it as 32-bit and 64-bit interfaces.

I want to be able to, at runtime, display what interface was used – if I am using the 32-bit version, or 64-bit version.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

In order for a process to load a 32-bit DLL, the process has to be 32-bit. And same for 64-bit. So to find out what has been loaded, assuming it has already worked, you just need to find out the bit-ness of the CLR:

if (System.IntPtr.Size == 8) {     // 64-bit } else {     // 32-bit } 

PS. for discussion of whether you need to check for a size of 16, see my answer to this question.