Win32 APIs in ASP.NET application

[Guest]

Hello,

I inherited a project from another team. They’re using Win32 APIs for some tasks, even though there’re equivalent .NET namespaces for the same functionality. Is it a good idea to use Win API? Is it a performance issue? Any other issues with that?

Thanks

 

[Kevin Spencer]

IMHO, it is generally better to use the managed .Net classes. For one thing
API calls are unmanaged. There are some situations in which performance
might be improved significantly, but not many that I can think of.

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IMO,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

Hello,

I inherited a project from another team. They're using Win32 APIs for some

tasks, even though there're equivalent .NET namespaces for the same
functionality. Is it a good idea to use Win API? Is it a performance issue?
Any other issues with that?