Easiest way to generate P/Invoke code?

Programmer Question

I am an experienced .Net programer, but have not compiled a C/C++ program in my life. Now I have this C-dll, headers and documentation (3rd party, not from Win API), from which I need to call about ten methods.

I was thinking of using Platform Invoke. I found these three tools that would create the code for me:

• PInvoker: http://www.pinvoker.com


• P/Invoke Interop Assistant: http://www.codeplex.com/clrinterop


• P/Invoke Wizard: http://www.paulyao.com/res/pinvoke/pinvoke.aspx

and possibly

• Swig: http://www.swig.org/

Pinvoker seems to have a bit different approach than the Interop assistant and the Wizard. Swig I just found when checking that this question has not been asked here.

What are the pros and cons of these tools?

What would be the best = easiest and safest way for me to produce the P/Invoke code given that I don't know much about C/C++?

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