I want to build an application being able to use .Net classes. If I go for C# I know that some tools like Refactor is able to reverse engineer the code (until I don’t pay very expensive tools capable of avoiding this).
Do you know if the same applies when my application is developed in Visual C++ ( with /clr ).
You can easily mix Managed Code with Unmanaged code calling directly all .Net classes I need.
Do you know if the result still can be reverse-engineered with Reflector?
What I really don’t know is whether the final application is compiled as an ordinary binary (like unmanaged application) running directly on the CPU or if still some IL is generated with JIT on loading, so that can be reverse engineered?
The answer is both. Methods that use CLR will be compiled as il, while methods that do not use clr will be compiled to native code. But the best answer for you will be to write some sample functions, compile the dll and open it in Refelctor.