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Geek Culture / VB6 DLL's without c++ wrapper, as exported dll functions - A Tutorial

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 2nd Nov 2004 22:59
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Tutorial can be found in my thread here:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=42070&b=18&p=0

Requires vb6 add-in called vbAdvance
http://www.vbAdvance.com
30 day fully functional free trial.

original thread here:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=41535&b=18

enjoy


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 05:43
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thought the vb'ers here would find it interesting that you can make dlls for use in DBP without any need for c++ wrappers, and no worries about activeX, guess I was wrong


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John Y
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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 05:48
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One of the problems is that vbAdvance is pretty expensive, even though incredibly usefull.


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 05:54
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its only $39.00 (USD), less than most video games. I think I will purchase when its demo runs out


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Dave J
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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 07:53
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Took you a while to post this, I told you about it almost 6 months ago. lol.

Anyway, the only problem with that plugin (and with using pure VB DLL's) is that you don't have a VB-compatible globstruct to link to DBP and so you won't be able to receieve the core pointer or use any of the values held within DBP. Not really a huge problem though, just annoying.


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 10:00
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did you? I found a link to the vbAdvance site in my favorites, then the other day I was cleaning up and almost deleted without looking at it, then decided to have a look. I forget if it was you who told me about it or not, but that would make sense and I trust your memory way more than mine.


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 10:10
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Lol yeah, I emailed you about it when we were doing the DBP_NETLIB plugin but you sort of dismissed it because it couldn't be used with VB.NET.


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 10:59
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sounds about right.

I think its good to have it around so I can reel off any quick dll I may need without having to bug anyone for a c++ wrapper. Speaking of which theres a few things I want to add to the CI dll for DarkTOPIA, and a few things for the netlib dll, but I'll email you about those.

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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 11:18
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Sure, but I won't be able to do anything until after next week - damn exams.


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Posted: 3rd Nov 2004 11:47
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no problem, DT being the more needed items at the moment. I can whip em up in a dll but why add another when I am still using ci.


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