I'm trying to create a simple .dll for use with some of my more commonly used functions in VB. I have had a difficult time finding an example of code by searching the web. Does anyone have a simple-stupid example?

Don't know how much you need, but see if you can use any of this:

http://p2p.wrox.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=13521

It's simple to use in VB. Make a new exe, add a class module, name it TC1 and add the class code to this. In the exe form, add a commandbutton and this code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim TC As TC1
Set TC = New TC1

TC.FirstName = "myFirstName"
TC.LastName = "andMyLastName"

MsgBox TC.BothNames
Set TC = Nothing
End Sub

..and from here, what you can do within the class, you'll have to have help from someone else. ;)

Open VB, select new Project and select ActiveX dll. Name the project (that will be the name of the library to reference to). The project comes already with a public class named Class1. Change that name to something more useful. Now, all the public methods and properties that you add in that class will be exposed by the library. Build it, then go to project properties, and in the Component tab select binary compatibility. This is extreme important. It means that after your library is built, you cannot remove public objects or methods, and you cannot change the definitions of public methods. You can indeed add new public classes and methods.

To test the library, File->Add Project and create a new exe project. Right click in the project explorer and select Set at start up. You can use your library from the new projects, and when you are debugging you can step in in every files.
This is just to give you a start. Full documentation in

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...scomponent.asp

Marco