Visual Basic: how to use DLL

[moonwulf]

Hello,

I am starting to program a demo for my DLL, but I cannot access the
methods in Visual Basic.

How can I do this? Do I have to import the dll somewhere?

Thanks.

[Rob Strover]

I presume this DLL is not an ActiveX DLL.

In that case you'll need to declare each of the functions you want to use
from that DLL - see Windows API examples as they show how a declare
statement looks. Once that's done you can call the functions as if they
were part of your VB code.

If you are in fact talking about an ActiveX DLL, then you'll need to
instantiate the relevant object ( COM) interfaces exposed by that DLL. Then
you can set up the function calls as required.

HTH

Rob.

"moonwulf" <mm********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am starting to program a demo for my DLL, but I cannot access the
methods in Visual Basic.

How can I do this? Do I have to import the dll somewhere?

Thanks.

[Alan]

Rob
For us newbies .... Could you please translate that last paragraph into
English.

Thanks
Alan
"Rob Strover" <di*************@NOSPAMyahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
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I presume this DLL is not an ActiveX DLL.

In that case you'll need to declare each of the functions you want to use
from that DLL - see Windows API examples as they show how a declare
statement looks. Once that's done you can call the functions as if they
were part of your VB code.

If you are in fact talking about an ActiveX DLL, then you'll need to
instantiate the relevant object ( COM) interfaces exposed by that DLL. Then you can set up the function calls as required.

HTH

Rob.

"moonwulf" <mm********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am starting to program a demo for my DLL, but I cannot access the
methods in Visual Basic.

How can I do this? Do I have to import the dll somewhere?

Thanks.

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[Rob Strover]

Alan,

I'd be glad to help. My apologies for the delay in getting back to you -
it's been a very busy time for me.

I'll post a response hopefully within the next couple of days - I hope this
delay hasn't inconvenienced you too much.

The challenge is to give you a useful answer without drowning you in too
much detail :-)

Rob.

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Rob
For us newbies .... Could you please translate that last paragraph into English.

Thanks
Alan
"Rob Strover" <di*************@NOSPAMyahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:u_********************@news-server.bigpond.net.au...

I presume this DLL is not an ActiveX DLL.

In that case you'll need to declare each of the functions you want to use from that DLL - see Windows API examples as they show how a declare
statement looks. Once that's done you can call the functions as if they
were part of your VB code.

If you are in fact talking about an ActiveX DLL, then you'll need to
instantiate the relevant object ( COM) interfaces exposed by that DLL.

Then

you can set up the function calls as required.

HTH

Rob.

"moonwulf" <mm********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:19**************************@posting.google.c om...

Hello,

I am starting to program a demo for my DLL, but I cannot access the
methods in Visual Basic.

How can I do this? Do I have to import the dll somewhere?

Thanks.

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