Reading a DLL

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I'm trying to control an external app through Access. I have a .dll file from
the external app developers but the app was written some time ago and I can't
seem to track down any documentation about what's in the .dll to make an API
call to it. If I try and Reference it in the VBA editor window I get an
error message "Can't add a reference the specified file".

Does anybody know any cool tricks to get into this .dll to find out what's
inside it?

Any help would be great, thanks.

Ian.
 
..DLLs are generally compiled to machine language, and are most often
originally written in C, C++, or other languages unfamiliar to those of us
who develop in VBA. You can't "open them and read them in VBA".

You might find a decompiler or, more likely, a "disassembler" that would
regenerate compiler source or Intel Assembler language from the compiled
code.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
Hi Larry,

Thanks very much for getting back to me, looks like I'm stuck without the
original authors notes.

Ian
 
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