System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention Enumeration

Summary

Specifies the calling convention required to call methods implemented in unmanaged code.

C# Syntax:

[Serializable] public enum CallingConvention

This enumeration is used by DllImportAttribute and several classes in System.Reflection.Emit.

System.Runtime.InteropServices Namespace

System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention Member List:

Public Fields

Cdecl	The caller cleans the stack. This enables calling functions with varargs.
FastCall
StdCall	The callee cleans the stack. This is the default convention for calling unmanaged functions from managed code.
ThisCall	The first parameter is the this pointer and is stored in register ECX. Other parameters are pushed on the stack. This calling convention is used to call methods on classes exported from an unmanaged DLL.
Winapi	Uses the default platform calling convention. For example, on Windows it's CallingConvention.StdCall and on Windows CE it's CallingConvention.Cdecl.

Hierarchy:

• System.Object
• System.ValueType
• System.Enum
• System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention

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