Help, Calling c++ dll from vb.net

[xin.huang.xh]

Hi All:

Please help me out here. I try to call a C++ dll from my VB.NET code.
I follow the examples given on the web, but it does not work for
me!!! It drives me crazy, so please help me out. Here is what I did


Create an empty VC++ dll project from Visual Studio 2003. Create a
test.cpp file and add the following


long _stdcall test(long a) {
return a;



}


Create a test.def file and add the following

LIBRARY "test"


EXPORTS
test


Create a VB windows application. Here is what is given in the file


Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Declare Function test Lib "location of the dll in my
computer" (ByVal b As Long) as Long


Private Sub Button1_Click( ..... ) Handles Button1.Click
MsgBox(test(1000))
End Sub


End Class


When I click the button, it returns a number that is very large (so
it
is NOT 1000).


I also try the same thing in VS2005 on another machine in my lab.
This time I get an error


PInvokeStackImbalance was detected


I just don't know what is going on. It just a very simple example and
just cannot get it work.


So, any suggestions will be much appreciated,


Thanks alot


Xin

 

[Stanimir Stoyanov]

Please help me out here. I try to call a C++ dll from my VB.NET code.
I follow the examples given on the web, but it does not work for
me!!!

Hello Xin,

You have to specify "C" linkage as your DLL is currently export C++-style
functions whose names are mangled.

See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms857730.aspx.

Best Regards,
Stanimir Stoyanov
www.stoyanoff.info | www.aeroxp.org

 

[Guest]

In .NET, the size of a long is 8 bytes. I'm guessing that the architecture
for your machine a long in C++ is 4 bytes. That would cause a stack
imbalance. Try changing your .NET declartion to an Integer instead of a long.

In addition, you can always try playing around with the DllImport Attribute
instead:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

<DllImport("C:\MyDll.dll",
CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function Test(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)> ByVal b As
Integer) As Integer
End Function


End Class

 

[xin.huang.xh]

In .NET, the size of a long is 8 bytes. I'm guessing that the architecture
for your machine a long in C++ is 4 bytes. That would cause a stack
imbalance. Try changing your .NET declartion to an Integer instead of a long.

In addition, you can always try playing around with the DllImport Attribute
instead:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

<DllImport("C:\MyDll.dll",
CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function Test(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)> ByVal b As
Integer) As Integer
End Function

End Class



















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Hi Stanimir and rmacias

Thank you very much for your suggestions. I incoporate both
suggestions and use the DllImport. It works NOW.

Xin

 

[Phoenix]

In .NET, the size of a long is 8 bytes. I'm guessing that the architecture
for your machine a long in C++ is 4 bytes. That would cause a stack
imbalance. Try changing your .NET declartion to an Integer instead of a long.

In addition, you can always try playing around with the DllImport Attribute
instead:

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class Form1

<DllImport("C:\MyDll.dll",
CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _
Private Shared Function Test(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.I4)> ByVal b As
Integer) As Integer
End Function

End Class

Hi Friend ,

Could you please have a look at following :

http://groups.google.co.in/group/mi...fa303/b7cadcdcc47ac223?hl=en#b7cadcdcc47ac223

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated

Sincerely,
Sudhansu