Subject: RE: Can open() from console app, not from dll
From: Danny Smith <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:30:49 +1000 (EST)

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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