Hi

how could i pass a structure to a DLL and retrieve the values of the user-defined type structure from a DLL??? in VB

Hello

Create a structure in the dll as public

DLL Code #####################################

Public Type struct_CustInfo
strCustName as String
intCustAge as Integer
End Type

Public Function GetCustInfo( _
Byval sCI as struct_CustInfo) as struct_CustInfo
Dim sInfo as struct_CustInfo
write you code ...
and say
GetCustInfo = sInfo
End Function

NOW in the front-end CODE ##################

Declare that same structure here from that DLL

Dim si1 as struct_CustInfo ' for passing the value
Dim si2 as struct_CustInfo ' for getting the value


Call that function
si1.strCustName = "some name"
si1.intCustAge = 99

si2 = GetCustInfo(si1)

after executing, si1 contains the data.
You can use it as si1.strCustName and so on
as usual

Hope this helps

With Regards,
Raghavendra Mudugal

HI

 n2 as struct_name

 n2 = FN("input1", "input2")


the function in the VC++ DLL returns a structure.

funciton in VC++ :

typedef struct struct_name
{
  char *var1;
  char *var2;
  char *var3;
  struct struct_name *next;
}struct_name;

char *FN(char *variable1,char *variable2)
{
  code...
   return struct_name;
}

which popsup the following error...
Bad DLL calling convension

so now how do i get the struct_name

Hello sruti

Check this link
http://in.geocities.com/raghavendra_mudugal/cpp.zip

Unzip the file, you will find some files of c++.
Open the cpp2.cpp file to see the source code.
This is written in vc++ editor (c++ code). complie
it and run it you will see the output of the struct.

Theres a class and it has a public method which takes
a stuct as in param and gives struct as a out param.

check this and let me know. And try to recompile the
vc++ dll to this new way and check in the VB.

Hope this helps.

With Regards,
Raghavendra Mudugal

in your C code, FN is returning a struct_name function, but it is declared as a string (char *)
Be careful, VB is not friend with C methods returning structures. It is better to pass the structure (by ref) as a parameter of the method itself:

void FN(char *variable1,char *variable2, struct_char *p)

Second, the declaration of the VB udt (struct_CustInfo) does not match the defintion of the C structure.
And in any way, the parameters of the C structure are pointers, that VB does not know how to handle. What are you trying to accomplish with this? Maybe there are better solutions.

Marco