Using managed code with Mono embedding - c#

I am trying to embed managed c# code to c++ (with the help of tutorial in http://www.mono-project.com/Embedding_Mono and examples included in samples).
However I cannot get it to work. I think it is very possible that the problem is with a System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient object (for instance I can access values and methods of some other classes but if I add a TcpClient object to a class I encounter problems.
Here is some simple C# code I wrote to test just adding a TCPClient object
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Sockets;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
}
static void TCPTest()
{
TcpClient TCPClient;
//Console.WriteLine("in tcp test");
}
}
}
And the c++ code is here: http://codepad.org/f9D5bg8u (it is a stripped down version of the mono embedding sample).
When I build the C# code like this,
mono_runtime_invoke (method, obj, NULL, NULL);
in the c++ side exits with code 1.
When I comment that out and try the console.writeline, that works.
I appreciate any suggestions,
Thanks...

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are generated at run time based on where the code is placed in memory.
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http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163610.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969305
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
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{
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