Date:	Sat, 20 May 2000 16:40:00 -0400 (EDT)
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From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT delorie DOT com>
To:	Henk Coetzee <henkc AT geoscience DOT org DOT za>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<3924F6D4.D9146E5B@geoscience.org.za> (message from Henk Coetzee
	on Fri, 19 May 2000 10:09:56 +0200)
Subject:	Re: calling a Windows dll
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> Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:09:56 +0200
> From: Henk Coetzee <henkc AT geoscience DOT org DOT za>
> 
> We are busy replacing a piece of hardware (a gamma-ray spectrometer
> card) in a box which has run happily using djgpp on a the Win95 command
> line. One option for the new card comes with all its control functions
> in a dll. Can we access this from djgpp

AFAIK, there's no way for a DJGPP program to access a DLL directly.

However, if your manufacturer adds a way for real-mode programs to
call into the DLL, for example, some function(s) of Int 2Fh, then you
will be able to do that from a DJGPP program.

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