[Gdal-dev] OGR C# .NET

[Mateusz Loskot]

Andrew Timmins wrote:
> Is there any way you can use the OGR lib in C# .NET ?

Andrew,

Yes, there is.
Check the Wiki:

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrInCsharp

> I downloaded FWTools and found a /csharp/ directory with a dll called
> ogr_csharp.dll But when I try and use this in a project I get errors.
> [Error]
> "The type initializer for 'OGR.ogr' threw an exception"

I'm not sure but AFAIK there were some changes in names,
and it should be

using OSGeo.OGR;

check this article for details:

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/GdalOgrCsharpVersions

Also, don't forget to look at C# example applications, like GDALRead.cs:

http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/browser/trunk/gdal/swig/csharp/apps

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net