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Hello,

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

Thank you,
Victor.
Nov 21 '05 #1
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Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...s/default.aspx

Ken
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"victorsk" <vi******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

Thank you,
Victor.
Nov 21 '05 #2
"victorsk" <vi******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find
a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?


If the main application is written in .NET and you have the source code, you
may want to take a look at the samples below:

<URL:http://www.dnetmaster.net/source/SimplePlugins.zip>

LiveCode.NET
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/livecodedotnet.asp>

PlugIns
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/samples/codingtechnique/PlugIns.zip>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #3
Thank you very much. I also found this site while trying to figure out ways:

http://www.sandsprite.com/CodeStuff/...g_plugins.html

Victor

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" wrote:
"victorsk" <vi******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find
a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?


If the main application is written in .NET and you have the source code, you
may want to take a look at the samples below:

<URL:http://www.dnetmaster.net/source/SimplePlugins.zip>

LiveCode.NET
<URL:http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/livecodedotnet.asp>

PlugIns
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/samples/codingtechnique/PlugIns.zip>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #4
http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/co...nframework.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/co...forplugins.asp

--

Best regards,

Carlos J. Quintero

MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio .NET, VB6, VB5 and VBA
You can code, design and document much faster.
Free resources for add-in developers:
http://www.mztools.com

"victorsk" <vi******@discussions.microsoft.com> escribió en el mensaje
news:71**********************************@microsof t.com...
Hello,

Is there a way to write a plugin for a Windows program in VB? I need to
make it so when a program starts, it starts with custom-made
functionalities.
I already have a way to export functions to make a DLL but I need to find
a
way so that the parent program calls these functions when it starts. Any
suggestions?

Thank you,
Victor.

Nov 21 '05 #5

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