Visual Basic, Using DLL's and Declare Function statements

Using DLL's and Declare Function statements

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Mark Youn #1 / 2	Using DLL's and Declare Function statements Ok, it's just wierd. It seems every time I try to reference the .dll via relative pathnames (as in the below example), I get a "File Not Found", even though the dll is in the same directory as the project. Private Declare Function DoMyCommand Lib "MyExternal.dll" (ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Integer In order to get things to work, I must include the absolute pathname ("C:\...\MyExternal.dll"), which I clearly do not want to do. The worst part is, in example projects using dll's, they do not include the absolute pathname - they just provide the name of the dll. Any ideas? -- Mark Young
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Eric L. Lundstro #2 / 2	Using DLL's and Declare Function statements The default directory when in the IDE is different from the default directory when running the EXE, unless the EXE is in the same directory as the IDE. Could this be your problem? Quote: > Ok, it's just wierd. > It seems every time I try to reference the .dll via relative pathnames > (as in the below example), I get a "File Not Found", even though the dll > is in the same directory as the project. > Private Declare Function DoMyCommand Lib "MyExternal.dll" (ByVal > lpBuffer As String) As Integer > In order to get things to work, I must include the absolute pathname > ("C:\...\MyExternal.dll"), which I clearly do not want to do. The worst > part is, in example projects using dll's, they do not include the > absolute pathname - they just provide the name of the dll. > Any ideas? > -- > Mark Young
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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