Creating DLLs with VB.net

[Julia]

Hi

I'm a 4D (database) developer and I've been given the task of adding
third party functionality to our product. The third party
functionality is available via a DLL that you can call from VB (using
Declare Function…), C or any other windows based programming language.
4D offers some programming ability but I think the best way to
achieve my goal is to write my own DLL that I call from 4D that
encapsulates the functionality in the other DLL, allowing me to
achieve better results with a more powerful programming language.
That's the background, however before I buy the tools I need I have
the following questions:

1) Can you write a DLL using VB.net the same as you VC++?

2) If the answer to the question above is yes, will a DLL written with
VB.net run on 95/98 machines?

Many thanks in advance for any help with this.

Julia.

 

[CJ Taylor]

Hi

I'm a 4D (database) developer and I've been given the task of adding
third party functionality to our product. The third party
functionality is available via a DLL that you can call from VB (using
Declare Function.), C or any other windows based programming language.
4D offers some programming ability but I think the best way to
achieve my goal is to write my own DLL that I call from 4D that
encapsulates the functionality in the other DLL, allowing me to
achieve better results with a more powerful programming language.
That's the background, however before I buy the tools I need I have
the following questions:

1) Can you write a DLL using VB.net the same as you VC++?

Yep.. Set it to a class Library. Or any library for that matter.

2) If the answer to the question above is yes, will a DLL written with
VB.net run on 95/98 machines?

If the .NET Framework is installed yes... I don't think 95 can run the CLR
though. Someone verify that for me. 98 can.. ME can't, but ME was as much
a failure as Canada's Brian Adams... Both have apologized for these
mistakes...

 

[Rick Mogstad]

Hi

I'm a 4D (database) developer and I've been given the task of adding
third party functionality to our product. The third party
functionality is available via a DLL that you can call from VB (using
Declare Function.), C or any other windows based programming language.
4D offers some programming ability but I think the best way to
achieve my goal is to write my own DLL that I call from 4D that
encapsulates the functionality in the other DLL, allowing me to
achieve better results with a more powerful programming language.
That's the background, however before I buy the tools I need I have
the following questions:

1) Can you write a DLL using VB.net the same as you VC++?
No.

2) If the answer to the question above is yes, will a DLL written with
VB.net run on 95/98 machines?

Many thanks in advance for any help with this.

Julia.

 

[Anand Balasubramanian]

Hi,
You can write dlls in VB.net. But for you to be able to use the .Net dll,
the .Net framework should be installed on a system. The following link
gives the platforms that .Net can be installed on

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/ht
ml/framewkwinsupp.asp

the .Net framework is freely downloadable. You can download it from the
following location

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/netdevfram
ework.asp

thanks


Anand Balasubramanian
Microsoft, Visual Basic .NET

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