The definitive explanation of .Net Core DataProtection

For newbie (like me), a must read :

An introduction to the Data Protection system in ASP.NET Core

dotnet/pinvoke – Win32 projected to nuget space

Instead of manualy writting DllImports, we just add a package reference to PInvoke.User32 and add following usings:

using PInvoke;
using static PInvoke.User32;

to be able to call naturally CreateWindow like that:

IntPtr hwnd = CreateWindow(
            "BUTTON",
            string.Empty, // empty window name
            WindowStyles.WS_OVERLAPPED,
            0,
            0,
            0,
            0,
            IntPtr.Zero,
            IntPtr.Zero,
            Process.GetCurrentProcess().Handle,
            IntPtr.Zero);

Some could prefer to omit the static using to enforce User32.CreateWindow usage.

The down side: it can bring us back many unneeded symbols (perhaps .Net 5.0 trimming can cope with that).