Thanks Charles

I don't need to convert any apis to vb, I was just wondering how it was done
that was all, I was not sure what the process was.

once again thanks for your help
Duncan 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Feduke [mailto:webmaster@r...]
> Sent: 18 April 2001 18:31
> To: professional vb
> Subject: [pro_vb] RE: How do you go about converting and API 
> from C++ to
> VB?
> 
> 
> > How do you go about converting and API from C++ to VB?
> 
> 	Experience.  The biggest problem I've ran into is not 
> having the SDK list
> the values for constants so I have to dig up the .h file and 
> find all the
> constants there.
> 
> 	Of course you could just write a C++ program and link 
> it to the proper .h
> file and have it display the values for constants that you 
> pass so you won't
> have to hunt for them.  Only if I were so clever...
> 
> 	Anyway if you need some API calls converted, tell us 
> from what library
> you're looking at and/or post the original C++ declarations for them.
> 
> 	Word of warning: there are differences b/w Pascal and 
> C++ libraries.
> Pascal drops strings in bass ackwards; also C++ strings are 
> Null delimited
> (they end with a null) so you have to keep that in mind when 
> your passing a
> string in as a parameter and you don't have a parameter 
> length parameter.
> 
> - Chuck