DLLs

elseano

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Quite a stupid question...
Can a DLL developed for one programming language be used in a different language. eg. There's a DLL desined for C++, and I want to use it with Blitz, is this possible? (and vice-versa?)

Bouncer

(Posted 2004) [#2]

Yes

darklordz

(Posted 2004) [#3]

except if they are vb6 dll's becaus ethey are actualy ole objects...

Panno

(Posted 2004) [#4]

u can use purebasic,c++,powerbasic and asm ;)etc. to make
a dll for use in bb

Kanati

(Posted 2004) [#5]

except if they are vb6 dll's becaus ethey are actualy ole objects...

Incorrect. BlitzPrinter and BlitzData are both written in VB6. However you have to purchase a 3rd party tool that modifies the project to allow exportable functions.

Kanati

Spacemonkey

(Posted 2004) [#6]

How do you create a dll i powerbasic ?

Sweenie

(Posted 2004) [#7]

If you don't include #COMPILE EXE at the top of the code
the compiler will automatically compile it as a dll.

elseano

(Posted 2004) [#8]

ok, thanks. Just to clarify: I wan to use BulletML which is a DLL designed for use with C/D languages - can I use it with Blitz??

Kanati

(Posted 2004) [#9]

Never heard of it. But if it returns standard data types, doesn't require callbacks or pointers to functions... Then yes. Probably.

elseano

(Posted 2004) [#10]

Ok thanks. I'll give it a try.