Hi Gary, this isn't a problem C / .NET. Windows Store apps (including those for the ARM platform Windows RT) can perfectly include native C or C++ dlls if they only use the allowed API's. And for downloading dive computers you need the serial API, which is not one of the allowed as far as I know. Even if it would be allowed, libdivecomputer would have to be compiled for ARM, but I think this would be easier than a complete rewrite in .NET.
From: devel [mailto:devel-bounces@libdivecomputer.org] On Behalf Of Gary Williams Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 4:17 AM To: devel@libdivecomputer.org Subject: .NET version
I would be interested in the efforts to make a .NET version of your downloader code. My goal is that I want to go diving in the Philippines in late October, I want to download the dive computer into a Surface RT each day using the Diving Log software. That software is already .NET, so if libdivecomputer can also be a .NET assembly, then I stand a much better chance of achieving my goal, assuming I can get the Diving Log software to load and use the new assembly (not hard to do in .NET). How can I help you accomplish this?