Remarks

The values of this enumeration are used to specify the calling conventions required to call unmanaged methods implemented in shared libraries.

Note: Implementers should map the semantics of specified calling conventions onto the calling conventions of the host OS.

Note: For additional information on shared libraries and an example of the use of the System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention enumeration, see the System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute class overview.

Members

Member Name	Description
Cdecl	Indicates that the cdecl calling convention is appropriate for a method call. For example, on a Windows platform the CallingConvention.Cdecl convention produces the following behavior: Element Behavior Argument-passing order Right to left. Stack-maintenance responsibility Calling function pops the arguments from the stack. Note: This is the default calling convention for functions compiled with 32-bit C and C++ language compilers.
FastCall	Indicates that the fastcall calling convention is appropriate for a method call. Note: On a Windows platform this convention indicates that arguments to functions are to be passed in registers whenever possible.
StdCall	Indicates that the stdcall calling convention is appropriate for a method. For example, on a Windows platform the CallingConvention.StdCall convention produces the following behavior: Element Behavior Argument-passing order Right to left. Stack-maintenance responsibility Called function pops its own arguments from the stack.
ThisCall	Indicates that the thiscall calling convention is appropriate for a method. This convention is similar to the CallingConvention.Cdecl calling convention, except that the last element that the caller pushes the stack is the this pointer. For example, on a Windows platform the CallingConvention.ThisCall convention produces the following behavior: Element Behavior Argument-passing order Right to left. Stack-maintenance responsibility Calling function pops the arguments from the stack. this pointer Pushed last onto the stack. Note: The thiscall calling convention is the default calling convention used by C++ member functions that are not called with a variable number of arguments.
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Requirements

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0