Is there a more painless way to call Win32 from C#?

Question

Every few months I find myself needing to call Win32 from C#. Though I've done it a dozen times, I've usually forgotten the exact machinations, so I poke around the web or old code and figure out what DllImport statements I need, etc.

Am I alone?

Is there a sanctioned "Win32" class that has the requisite declarations for the entire Win32 API? Seems like there ought to be. Maybe I'm missing something.

Answer 1

You may find http://www.pinvoke.net helpful.

Also, for common Win32 functions, you could try the P/Invoke Interop Assistant.

Answer 2

There's no sanctioned Win32 class, but http://www.pinvoke.net is a great central resource for these things.

Answer 3

This sounds like a great idea for an open source project.

/em puts on thinking cap, and runs of to pinvoke.net