Can Silverlight run a library written in C++ on PC/Mac/Linux?

Question

I have some C++ libraries. Is there a way to use them from Silverlight in a cross platform way (on Linux/Mac/PC)? I don't want to use C++/CLI if possible.

I googled this article saying COM is the only way. However, I was told that Silverlight4 supports PInvoke.

Answer 1

Silverlight 4 does not support PInvoke so the answer is no you can't directly use your C++ Libraries.

PInvoke is currently expected to be in Silverlight 5 for release sometime this year (2011).

See this John Papa blog Silverlight 5 Features, bullet point on OOB features.

Answer 2

My impression was that Silverlight on desktop doesn't support native C++. Here is a link that seem to confirm it: http://cristianadam.blogspot.com/2009/10/silverlight-for-windows-embeddedhh-c.html