├── CppApplication
    ├── CppApplication.cpp
    └── CppApplication.vcxproj
├── PublishAotLibrary
    ├── Class1.cs
    └── PublishAotLibrary.csproj
├── README.md
└── CppPublishAotReference.sln


/CppApplication/CppApplication.cpp:
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1 | #include <iostream>
2 | 
3 | extern "C" int ManagedAdd(int x, int y);
4 | 
5 | int main()
6 | {
7 |     std::cout << "2 + 2 = " << ManagedAdd(2, 2) << std::endl;
8 | }
9 | 


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/PublishAotLibrary/Class1.cs:
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 1 | using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 2 | 
 3 | namespace PublishAotLibrary
 4 | {
 5 |     public class Class1
 6 |     {
 7 |         [UnmanagedCallersOnly(EntryPoint = "ManagedAdd")]
 8 |         public static int ManagedAdd(int x, int y) => x + y;
 9 |     }
10 | }
11 | 


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/PublishAotLibrary/PublishAotLibrary.csproj:
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 1 | <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 2 | 
 3 |   <PropertyGroup>
 4 |     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
 5 |     <InvariantGlobalization>true</InvariantGlobalization>
 6 |     <PublishAot>true</PublishAot>
 7 |   </PropertyGroup>
 8 | 
 9 | </Project>
10 | 


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/README.md:
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 1 | # Sample of a C++ project referencing a Native AOT compiled DLL
 2 | 
 3 | ## Building from command line
 4 | 
 5 | ```
 6 | cd CppApplication
 7 | msbuild CppApplication.vcxproj
 8 | ```
 9 | 
10 | The important bit in the vcxproj is this:
11 | 
12 | ```xml
13 |   <PropertyGroup>
14 |     <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
15 |   </PropertyGroup>
16 | 
17 |   <ItemGroup>
18 |     <NativeAotProjectReference Include="../PublishAotLibrary/PublishAotLibrary.csproj" />
19 |   </ItemGroup>
20 | 
21 |   <PropertyGroup>
22 |     <ComputeLinkInputsTargets>
23 |       $(ComputeLinkInputsTargets);
24 |       BuildNativeAotProject
25 |     </ComputeLinkInputsTargets>
26 |   </PropertyGroup>
27 | 	
28 |   <Target Name="BuildNativeAotProject">
29 |     <MSBuild Projects="@(NativeAotProjectReference)"
30 |              Properties="RuntimeIdentifier=win-$(Platform)"
31 |              Targets="Restore" />
32 | 
33 |     <MSBuild Projects="@(NativeAotProjectReference)"
34 |              Properties="_IsPublishing=true;RuntimeIdentifier=win-$(Platform)"
35 |              Targets="Build;Publish">
36 |       <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="NativeAotProjectOutputs" />
37 |     </MSBuild>
38 | 
39 |     <ItemGroup>
40 |       <Link Include="@(NativeAotProjectOutputs->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)native\%(Filename).lib')"
41 |             Condition="%(NativeAotProjectOutputs.MSBuildSourceTargetName) == 'Build'" />
42 |     </ItemGroup>
43 | 
44 |     <Copy SourceFiles="@(NativeAotProjectOutputs->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)native\%(Filename).dll')"
45 |           DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" />
46 |   </Target>
47 | ```
48 | 


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/CppPublishAotReference.sln:
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 1 | 
 2 | Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 3 | # Visual Studio Version 17
 4 | VisualStudioVersion = 17.8.34408.163
 5 | MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 6 | Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "CppApplication", "CppApplication\CppApplication.vcxproj", "{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}"
 7 | EndProject
 8 | Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "PublishAotLibrary", "PublishAotLibrary\PublishAotLibrary.csproj", "{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}"
 9 | EndProject
10 | Global
11 | 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
12 | 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
13 | 		Debug|x64 = Debug|x64
14 | 		Debug|x86 = Debug|x86
15 | 		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
16 | 		Release|x64 = Release|x64
17 | 		Release|x86 = Release|x86
18 | 	EndGlobalSection
19 | 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
20 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
21 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|x64
22 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
23 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
24 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
25 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
26 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
27 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|x64
28 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
29 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
30 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
31 | 		{B4A84F85-F446-48A1-AAE7-6048B9342B1F}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Win32
32 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
33 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
34 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
35 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
36 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|x86.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
37 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Debug|x86.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
38 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
39 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
40 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
41 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
42 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|x86.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
43 | 		{82C6F743-5A83-4ED2-82CE-E667ADA966BE}.Release|x86.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
44 | 	EndGlobalSection
45 | 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
46 | 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
47 | 	EndGlobalSection
48 | 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
49 | 		SolutionGuid = {58254033-A904-4AF0-98B0-477A85B8FEC1}
50 | 	EndGlobalSection
51 | EndGlobal
52 | 


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/CppApplication/CppApplication.vcxproj:
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  1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2 | <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  3 |   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
  4 |     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
  5 |       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
  6 |       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
  7 |     </ProjectConfiguration>
  8 |     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
  9 |       <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
 10 |       <Platform>Win32</Platform>
 11 |     </ProjectConfiguration>
 12 |     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
 13 |       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
 14 |       <Platform>x64</Platform>
 15 |     </ProjectConfiguration>
 16 |     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
 17 |       <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
 18 |       <Platform>x64</Platform>
 19 |     </ProjectConfiguration>
 20 |   </ItemGroup>
 21 |   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
 22 |     <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
 23 |     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
 24 |     <ProjectGuid>{b4a84f85-f446-48a1-aae7-6048b9342b1f}</ProjectGuid>
 25 |     <RootNamespace>CppApplication</RootNamespace>
 26 |     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
 27 |   </PropertyGroup>
 28 |   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
 29 |   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
 30 |     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
 31 |     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
 32 |     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
 33 |     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
 34 |   </PropertyGroup>
 35 |   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
 36 |     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
 37 |     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
 38 |     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
 39 |     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
 40 |     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
 41 |   </PropertyGroup>
 42 |   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
 43 |     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
 44 |     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
 45 |     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
 46 |     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
 47 |   </PropertyGroup>
 48 |   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
 49 |     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
 50 |     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
 51 |     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
 52 |     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
 53 |     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
 54 |   </PropertyGroup>
 55 |   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
 56 |   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
 57 |   </ImportGroup>
 58 |   <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
 59 |   </ImportGroup>
 60 |   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
 61 |     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
 62 |   </ImportGroup>
 63 |   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
 64 |     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
 65 |   </ImportGroup>
 66 |   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
 67 |     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
 68 |   </ImportGroup>
 69 |   <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
 70 |     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
 71 |   </ImportGroup>
 72 |   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
 73 |   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
 74 |     <ClCompile>
 75 |       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
 76 |       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
 77 |       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
 78 |       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
 79 |     </ClCompile>
 80 |     <Link>
 81 |       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
 82 |       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
 83 |     </Link>
 84 |   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 85 |   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
 86 |     <ClCompile>
 87 |       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
 88 |       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
 89 |       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
 90 |       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
 91 |       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
 92 |       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
 93 |     </ClCompile>
 94 |     <Link>
 95 |       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
 96 |       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
 97 |       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
 98 |       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
 99 |     </Link>
100 |   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
101 |   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
102 |     <ClCompile>
103 |       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
104 |       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
105 |       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
106 |       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
107 |     </ClCompile>
108 |     <Link>
109 |       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
110 |       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
111 |     </Link>
112 |   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
113 |   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
114 |     <ClCompile>
115 |       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
116 |       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
117 |       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
118 |       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
119 |       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
120 |       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
121 |     </ClCompile>
122 |     <Link>
123 |       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
124 |       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
125 |       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
126 |       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
127 |     </Link>
128 |   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
129 |   <ItemGroup>
130 |     <ClCompile Include="CppApplication.cpp" />
131 |   </ItemGroup>
132 | 
133 |   <PropertyGroup>
134 |     <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
135 |   </PropertyGroup>
136 | 	
137 |   <ItemGroup>
138 |     <NativeAotProjectReference Include="../PublishAotLibrary/PublishAotLibrary.csproj" />
139 |   </ItemGroup>
140 | 
141 |   <PropertyGroup>
142 |     <ComputeLinkInputsTargets>
143 |       $(ComputeLinkInputsTargets);
144 |       BuildNativeAotProject
145 |     </ComputeLinkInputsTargets>
146 |   </PropertyGroup>
147 | 	
148 |   <Target Name="BuildNativeAotProject">
149 |     <MSBuild Projects="@(NativeAotProjectReference)"
150 |              Properties="RuntimeIdentifier=win-$(Platform)"
151 |              Targets="Restore" />
152 | 
153 |     <MSBuild Projects="@(NativeAotProjectReference)"
154 |              Properties="_IsPublishing=true;RuntimeIdentifier=win-$(Platform)"
155 |              Targets="Build;Publish">
156 |       <Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="NativeAotProjectOutputs" />
157 |     </MSBuild>
158 | 
159 |     <ItemGroup>
160 |       <Link Include="@(NativeAotProjectOutputs->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)native\%(Filename).lib')"
161 |             Condition="%(NativeAotProjectOutputs.MSBuildSourceTargetName) == 'Build'" />
162 |     </ItemGroup>
163 | 
164 |     <Copy SourceFiles="@(NativeAotProjectOutputs->'%(RootDir)%(Directory)native\%(Filename).dll')"
165 |           DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" />
166 |   </Target>
167 | 	
168 |   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
169 |   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
170 |   </ImportGroup>
171 | </Project>


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