Visual Basic

Re: error bad dll calling convention

10-Sep-03 4:22

<br />
void __stdcall test(int j, collateralvar collateral); <br />

This doesn't work because your back to not being able to find DLL entry point.

It must be declared as

<br />
__declspec( dllexport ) void test(int j, collateralvar collateral);<br />

Member 57284910-Sep-03 7:22

Newbie to VB need some advice please

10-Sep-03 7:22

OK. I've gotten into the vc dll. I added a struct command and made it a pointer.

vc dll

<br />
__declspec( dllexport ) double test(int j, struct collateralvar *collateral)<br />

vb declare

<br />
Public Declare Function test Lib "PSAEngine.dll" Alias "_test@8" _<br />
    (ByVal j As Integer, ByRef collateral As collateralvar) As Double<br />

Now my problem is changing the values inside the dll's collateralvar struct and having vb see them. I'm passing the structure by reference so it should work but its not. Here is what I am doing inside the dll function:

<br />
__declspec( dllexport ) double test(int j, struct collateralvar *collateral)<br />
{<br />
	collateral->asset.cutoff_prin_bal[j]=14;<br />
<br />
	return(1);<br />
}<br />

from VB I'm calling the dll this way:

<br />
    dim x as double<br />
    collateral.asset.cutoff_prin_bal(0) = 423149.74<br />
    x = test(0, collateral)<br />

I still get 423149.74 instead of 14.0

Flack9-Sep-03 7:04

Flack

9-Sep-03 7:04

Hello,

I have zero to little experience with Visual Basic but have a greater amount of experience programming with Visual C++ and other languages and I have a few questions.

1. Would it be a waste of time for me to learn VB 6.0? Should I instead go directly to learn VB .NET?

2. Can anyone suggest any good books for me to read? (Preferably books for beginners to VB).

Thanx for the help,

-Flack

Re: Newbie to VB need some advice please

Ray Cassick9-Sep-03 7:45

Ray Cassick

9-Sep-03 7:45

If you HAVE to learn VB I would move to VB.NET. If you have a choice and already have a more C++ oriented background go to C# instead.

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Re: Newbie to VB need some advice please

NetPointerIN11-Sep-03 9:51

NetPointerIN

11-Sep-03 9:51

I agree.
Go for C# or MC++ (Managed Extension for C++) if your project requirement is not forcing you to go for VB.NET. Wink | ;)

anyway..
Professional C# for Wrox is one of the good book I have gone thru.

HTH,
Regards,
NetPointer

Re: Newbie to VB need some advice please

Ray Cassick11-Sep-03 9:56

Ray Cassick

11-Sep-03 9:56

Now wait a second there... (I hate it when I am misunderstood)

What I said was if you have to learn a .NET based language for a project and already have a good C++ background then C# will probably suit you better.

I could haev conversly said that if you have to learn a .NET based language for a project and you have a good VB6 background then VB.NET would be best suited to learn.

Sheesh...

You almost made it sound like I was recomending C# over VB there.

Deploy .Net Application using Access Database

zengfu9-Sep-03 4:54

zengfu

9-Sep-03 4:54

Hi,

I am developing a desktop application using VB.Net and using MS Access as
the database. However some of users do not have MS Access installed in their
computer. How can I deploy the application to those users without Access
installed in their PC? Do they have to install at least Access RunTime?

I wolud appreciate if any one can give me some idea.

Many thanks

Zengfu

Re: Deploy .Net Application using Access Database

SimonS9-Sep-03 22:09

SimonS

9-Sep-03 22:09

To deploy a .NET app with Access to a clean user's PC they'll need:
* relevant version of .NET framework
* latest version of MDAC_TYP.exe (redist of ADO.NET)
* the MS Access .mdb file

That should work fine.

Cheers,
Simon

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Accessing a VC++ DLL in VB

Member 5728498-Sep-03 12:18

8-Sep-03 12:18

I have a DLL created in VC, I need to call it from vb. I've declared the dll functions in vb like this:

<br />
Declare Function PerfBal Lib "PSAEngine.dll" (ByVal oldperfbal As Double, ByVal NewDef As Double, ByVal VolPrepay As Double, ByVal ActAm As Double) As Double<br />

My VC++ function is:

<br />
__declspec( dllexport ) double PerfBal(double oldperfbal, double newdef, double volprepay, double actam)<br />
{<br />
	double result;<br />
	result=oldperfbal-newdef-volprepay-actam;<br />
	return(result);<br />
}

Whenever I call it in my vb, it gives:
Run-time error '453':
Can't find DLL entry point PerfBal in PSAEngine.dll

The dll is in the same directory as my vb project and executable. I even placed the dll in the system32 direction.

I've tried to register the dll, all I get is psaengine.dll was loaded, but the dllregisterserver entry point was not found. Dllregisterserver may be be exported, or a corrupt version of psaengine.dll may be in memory.

What am I doing wrong??

Steve S9-Sep-03 6:22

Steve S

9-Sep-03 6:22

Use dumpbin /exports on the DLL to find out if the name(s) of the DLL functions were mangled. You'll probably find that they were.

Modify your DLL's .def file to include specific
PerfBal = PerfBal

type lines and rebuild. This may well make a difference.

Steve S

Member 5728499-Sep-03 7:02

9-Sep-03 7:02

Great! That works. Smile | :)

Is there a way to have the VB app find the dll without specifying the exact path to the dll in the declare?

Dave Kreskowiak10-Sep-03 3:31

Dave Kreskowiak

10-Sep-03 3:31

Yeah. The .DLL must be in the same directory the VB .EXE is in, or in a directory on the PATH statement somewhere. But you can't have VB "hunt" it down if it is not found because you can't modify the Declare statement in code.

RageInTheMachine9532

Member 57284910-Sep-03 4:00

10-Sep-03 4:00

I find that if I don't specify the exact path even if the dll is the same directory as the exe it still can't find it. Is that correct?

VB6 Connecting to Lotus Notes and Novell Groupwise

Dave Kreskowiak11-Sep-03 4:22

Dave Kreskowiak

11-Sep-03 4:22

Never had a problem with it. I've built several VB6 projects using libraries I've built into C .DLLs. All I ever had to do was put the DLL files into the same directory as the project and add a reference to the DLL's or to their Type Library files.

RageInTheMachine9532

matthew l7-Sep-03 23:52

matthew l

7-Sep-03 23:52

I am trying to create an application that allows the user to lookup different email client / messaging systems to allow them to import a list of contact details.

Outlook is easy enough to do but I am having some problems trying to find resources for Lotus Notes and Novell Groupwise. Has anyone tried something similar to this and can offer some light on it?

Thanks in advance! Wink | ;)

Matthew

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Form as Startup Object

SuperGeek7-Sep-03 13:34

SuperGeek

7-Sep-03 13:34

I am sorry for asking such a trivial question, but here it goes. I have a form in vb.net that I would like to be by start up object. Every time I try to compile I get Sub Main not found. Is there a project option or something I need to set in Visual Studo.NET? If so where is it?

Re: Form as Startup Object

Nick Seng7-Sep-03 15:49

Nick Seng

7-Sep-03 15:49

Click on your menu Project -> Properties. You Project Property Pages will show. Select Common Properties -> General in the left pane. You can then see a property called Startup Object in the right pane. Select the form you want as the startup object and click Apply.

On a side note, this is in the Help provided by the IDE. You could have solved this quicker if you looked there first Smile | :)

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convert integer to points

pnpfriend7-Sep-03 5:12

pnpfriend

7-Sep-03 5:12

Hello All
I want to know if is there anyway to get the string length in Points?
I have the string str = "hello"
and if you call str.length, and will get 5
I know that str.length return integer.. but i want it in points..
Is 5 points equal to what str.length ( which is 5 in this case ) return in Integer ??

Print Preview an Imgae

su_see7-Sep-03 0:10

su_see

7-Sep-03 0:10

Hi,

Currently, I am using visual studio.net to program. The language used is vb.net.

I need to build an application that allows me to print preview an image and then print the image out. I have draged in a PrintPreviewDialog control from the toolbar and also a OpenFileDialog control for me to browse the image that I want to preview and print it out.In my codes i wrote the followings:

Codes:
PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
Dim printDoc As New PrintDocument()
printDoc.DocumentName = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
PrintPreviewDialog1.Document = printDoc

However, the above codes work well for text document and not for image. If I choose an image, the output shown was a white blank piece of paper. Is there a way to change the printpreview dialog settings or there are any alternatives to preview and print an image file? Thank you in advance.

Landscape print in datareport

Meysam Khayatan6-Sep-03 10:15

6-Sep-03 10:15

How can i print a report landscape with datareport in vb?
Pls answer to me

Mkh

Some problem in FlexGrid

Meysam Khayatan6-Sep-03 2:07

6-Sep-03 2:07

Hi 1) Can i rotate text in my fix col(if my text larger than width i add to
fixrow height and rotate my text 90 degree)?

2) can i add checkbox to my flexgrid?(F.E for showing boolean data)

3) Can i print all rows and cols in my flexgrid

Pleassse answer to me
thanks

MkhProgrammer

About DataReport

Meysam Khayatan6-Sep-03 2:05

Re: Caption bar/ title bar

6-Sep-03 2:05

Hi 1) How can i add to DETAILS label that not in my bank like counting record?
2) How can i add checkbox to details for boolean field like ACCESS2000?
3) How can each row of DETAILS section had another color? (like every other one gray and white)
4) Can i view a unknown mdb file ( for my program unknown means i
don't know it's table and fields and ...) in datareport and get
print from its data???? (LIKe report generator)

Pleasssse answer me as soon as possible
thanks

MkhProgrammer

Caption bar/ title bar

always995-Sep-03 23:18

always99

5-Sep-03 23:18

Please help,
I have done an beginner application, I need to change the color the title bar of the form to be yellow instead of blue.

Thank you for you help

Meysam Khayatan6-Sep-03 2:12