Can C++/CX simplify my (non-WinRT) WPF application?

C++/CX seems to make interfacing native C++ with C# FAR easier and more direct than the current method using a C++/CLI 'layer' in-between (with all the complications that entails). But can I use C++/CX OUTSIDE WinRT in a old-school WPF Desktop-style Application? Clarification: My WPF App 'wraps' an older Windows32 Application code. So 开发者_C百科I'm interopting with native c++, but it's awkward having native c++, Managed C++ and c# all in the same application..

No you cannot use C++/CX outside WinRT - it relies on the windows runtime metadata and there is no metadata for non winrt APIs.

Yes you can. WinRT and Win32 is interoperable, just that any application using anything outside the WinRT world cannot be sold in the appstore.