Adding C++ DLL's to a C# project

Question

I\'m trying to use the lame_enc.dll file from LAME in a C# project, but adding the thing seems impossible.

I keep getting an error that says that a reference could not b

Answer 1

You can only add managed assemblies as a reference to a managed project. What I normally do in this situation is to add it as ressource instead with "copy local" settings. That way the DLL is tied to and deployed with your project. I then use DllImport to manually get the APIs I need from that DLL.