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Hi folks,

I got a little problem with DLL..
I'm trying to use a DLL calling its functions. It seems the DLL can't be opened with this instruction:
handle:=loadlibrary("pacdrive.dll") or handle:=loadlib32("pacdrive.dll") -> I got handle=0 (should be >32, I guess); if I try to ignore the handle status, the program will crash.

I tried in this way too:
DLL32 Function MYinitialize() AS _INT PASCAL FROM "pacinitialize" LIB "pacdrive.dll", but the program hangs..

The DLL is provided as SDK with an hardware product, with some C++, C#, VB6, etc. samples that correctly work in conjunction with this dll.

How can I make it work in FWH too?

cheers,
Giobbi

If it works with VB6, c, c++ it should work with FWH too. First thing is you should be able to loadlibrary. If this is failing probably the dll is corrupted.

Maybe the DLL needs to be registered. Some self-register, some have to be registered.

Solved. More or less, I made in this way;

- I transformed the DLL into a .lib with implib.exe;
- I linked the .lib file;
- I wrote the code for the "clipper call" to a C++ function;

In this way, it seems that the .lib file point to the dll file...

More or less. I worked so long to solve this trouble, that I'm not sure about what I did and what I not..

I'm sure the DLL isn't corrupted.

cheers,
Giovi

btw just for your curiosity: I'm using Fivewin to control custom pinball machines... First experiment went right (you can see the working prototipe in an early stage here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxeriXfoOSc), so I decided to continue with a most advanced machine. Will tell you more..
The machine is connected to a Pentium 3 / Win98 PC by parallel cards, gameport, and some commercial, cheap hardware that emulate the keyboard (see ultimarc.com -> iPac) and allow to control the lights by USB. My problem was with this card (see ultimarc.com -> pacdrive64)