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Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:30:49 +1000 (EST)
From:	=?iso-8859-1?q?Danny=20Smith?= <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
Subject:	RE: Can open() from console app, not from dll
To:	mmirra AT libero DOT it
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From: Massimiliano Mirra <mmirra at libero dot it> 

> I am able to open a file and write into it from a console application,
> but the same fails when done from within a function that is stored in
> a DLL and called from a Visual Basic application.

VB expects stdcall convention.
Try adding WINAPI to OpenSomething
You will also need to either  munge your declaration in VB to match the
exported name or  --add-stdcall-alias

Danny

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