In my application I'm trying to invoke a function from an external DLL (this DLL is compiled in C++)I have this code to declare the DLL function:
Code:
<DllImport("{DLLPATH}", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError:=True)> _
Public Shared Function functionName(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.VBByRefStr)> ByRef Name1 As
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wondering if there was anyway I could call a function of an external program. Ie.My App:Call Reset()External App:Reset()My.Settings.Rese
View 4 RepliesI'm using a 3rd party DLL to access a proprietary Database. It's designed to invoke a function called "CALL_ME_FUNCTION" to make the datarows available to my program. What makes it difficult is the CALL_ME_FUNCTION is in the VB program and therefor, external to the DLL iteself. I've got the CALL_ME_FUNCTION written in my program, but how do you give access of it to the DLL? I've written lots of code that invokes functions inside a external DLL, but this is the first time I've encountered a DLL that needs to run a VB function.
View 6 RepliesI have an application (app.exe) that has a VB Module in its source code (Module1). The module has a function called Function1. I need to call this function from another application. The module is not marked as public, so adding a reference to app.exe won't work. I'm trying to use reflection (Assembly.LoadFrom()) but unless I'm way off base, the module would have to be a class in order for me to get an instance of it.
Please nobody ask me "what have you tried?" I tried a million different things and let's just say "none of them work." So I'm looking for someone that has specific experience with doing exactly what I'm trying to do. If you don't have that experience, please move on to the next question and ignore mine.
im having trouble getting my program to call an external application. the only thing is that im trying to get the path from a setting
my.settings.e1p
so far i've tried this
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(My.Settings.e1p)
I have a dll whitch init a thread in dllmain.After than, the calling application call some dll functions which register the remote function of the application.function register done, when the thread works and receives and even, it call the program functions (those I stored register before)int C would be like:
int (__stdcall *f_wmif) (char *) = NULL;
INT __declspec(dllexport) __stdcall _DGTDLL_RegisterWMIFunc (int (__stdcall *whitemoveinputfunc) (char *)) {
f_wmif=whitemoveinputfunc;
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In a program of mine, I have a resource (which is a textfile). This contains also vb.net code, It is resource which is binded to an .exe, with the mainprogram that I have. So the main program calls the resource, and the resource bind to an exe file.
I have this line:
Declare Function GetProcAddress Lib "kernel32" (ByVal handle As IntPtr, ByVal name As String) As IntPtr
In the source.txt and I want to replace this whole line by a string(or word) which calls this line from somewhere else. For example in another source.txt. A textbox is not possible because this is not a vb form, but a .txt-file. Maybe I can create another resource, which IS a vb.net form, call it or something? In this case. I can create a textbox with this line that I gave above, And I can use it by: textbox1.text.
How can i stop it from showing external cmd window.this is my code
HTML
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Dim mac As New Process
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it calls a vbs script i wrote which was converted to 1.exe file.when i press the button it calls it and send keysin external window i don't want this external cmd window to show was trying to get this command to work with fail?
.UseShellExecute = False
I am wondering if it is possible to call an application, say "notepad.exe" (among other application's that are already open) and setting focus on the same, so the user can readily start working on it.
View 6 RepliesI'm currently working with a client's VB.Net code, which was developed for them by a small development shop a few years ago and which they purchased and have been maintaining and uprgrading since. This client's primary developer is out on indefinite (likely permanent) medical leave and I'm now filling in until they bring in a full timer (as I'm a contractor here). My current task is to add some functionality to a the VB.Net code they purchased. I'm finding practices and techniques in the code that absolutely baffle me and can't make the code do what I want. I'm starting to wonder if it's me and was hoping to get some thoughts on the code I've encountered.
For example: Setting a variable to accept the result of a function by calling the function with many parameters, clearing the parameters in the function, setting them to some value, calling another function with those new values, then never using the values returned by the functions. I'll add a code snippet in the first comment since this is already getting long.
I have a function where I am performing a lot number of database operations inside a Sub. The operation when called directly like:ExecProcess()
takes about 11 seconds to run.However, if I create a Delegate, and call the sub using BeginInvoke(), the very same process takes over 40 seconds to execute.Here's the threaded code:
Protected del As ProcessDelegate
Protected Delegate Sub ProcessDelegate()
del = New ProcessDelegate(AddressOf SELocal.ExecJob)
Dim cb As New AsyncCallback(AddressOf Me.ExecJobComplete)
del.BeginInvoke(cb, del)
Anyone know what may cause a function to take longer inside a new thread, rather than calling directly?
I am having a problem with the BackOrdered Function of my program. I can`t get it to say anything but 0 when I run the program. Another problem I am having is the input box pops up like 6 times and it`s only suppose to once. [Code]
View 9 RepliesI have a function in an external library, for which I do not have the source code, which is causing problems. If I were putting in a breakpoint in my own code, I would put it on the first line of the function, but as it is an external function, I do not have that option. Is there any way to as Visual Studio to break any time the function is called? My current workaround is to do a "Find All References" and put an individual breakpoint on every single call to the function, which is a sucky way of doing things.
View 1 RepliesI have Listview which databound to Dataset with about 20 items per row. I have a function which executes on each ItemTemplate appearance and gets about 10 params from Eval("something"). So basically one function builds and image from 10 parameters.Instead of passing 10 Eval("something") to the function is it possible to pass it whole row and how to use this row inside of function because it is not simple DataRow or ListView row which i can access as array of items (datacolumns).Reason i do that because function looks ugly and each time i need to change it i need to deal with dozens of items.
View 2 RepliesI have been trying to correctly pass the value of a textbox as a variable to a function that reside in my App_Code folder when triggered by a click event. I can't seem to get it right.Here is the code behind for the aspx page with the textbox and the click event:(Error is on 4th line)
Public Sub btnCouponCode_Click1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs, Optional ByVal CouponCode As Char) Handles btnCouponCode.Click
lblSubtotal.Text = Calculations.CalcSubTotalPrice().ToString("C")
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I have a Javascript function in the js file (test.js) and I need to call her in visual basic 2010 enter her input parameter and load response javascript functions in visual basic.
View 2 RepliesI notice in the MSDN documentation that there are multiple ways to declare a reference to a function in an external DLL from within a VB.NET program. The confusing thing is that MSDN claims that you can only use the DllImportAttribute class with Shared Function prototypes "in rare cases", but I couldn't find the explanation for this statement, while you can simply use the Declare keyword instead.
View 3 RepliesI have used the PInvoke Signature Toolkit to create VB.NET function definitions for three fairly simple C functions contained in an external DLL. The problem is that two of the parameters are structures so pointers need to be sent and one structure (fileview) is undefined.
OpenFileView(filename, &fileview_ptr)
ReadFileInfo(fileview_ptr, &fileinfo_ptr)
The structure of fileinfo is defined so I can create a structure definition in VB.NET and create an IntPtr to that structure with Marshall.AllocHGlobal. And then I can use Marshall.StructureToPtr to copy the data and do the inverse when the data is returned.
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I'm having some problems calling a C function from a DLL. The function is returning -101 which translates as a "bad parameter". The values I am passing have been returned from another, successful function call, so my current assumption is that I've built the structure incorrectly.The function definition is:
int sm_switch_channel_input(struct sm_switch_channel_parms *switchp)
Parameters
*switchp (a structure of the following type):
typedef struct sm_switch_channel_parms {
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in a DLL that takes a pointer to a structure as a parameter.The C and VB code is as follows.Am I passing the structure in calling the DLL correctly? I am asking because the API call returns a valid error code indicating error opening the com port specified. I tried all valid ports (com1 on a Vista 32 machine with a USB-Serial device and com1 defined in device mgr, com1 and com2 on a desktop with winxp and 2 real serial ports).I dont have the code for the DLL and cannot debug into the DLL code.
C code
typedef struct _SETUPPR {
CHAR Port[5];
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I'm sure this is a pretty simple question but I can't seem to find the answer on Google. Say I've got a function that does some stuff and returns a string. I can assign its return value to a variable:
Dim result As String = MyFunction()
But sometimes I want to perform the actions within the function but I don't care about the return value. I know I can simply call the function from code.
Sub Main()
' Code
MyFunction()
' More Code
End Sub
This works and does exactly what I need it to. My question is - are there any issues or pitfalls in doing this? Particularly I want to make sure I'm not introducing any performance or memory leak issues.
The function is something like this: "function recieveFindPlayerResponse(displayString)"Now, how can I call it. I was trying this:Call AxShockwaveFlash1.CallFunction("_root.recieveFindPlayerResponse(displayString)")And before I had this, I had a Call function which defines displayString. (Works, as I've tested it before, and no error is given to this.)Now, how can I call a function like the above?
And example of what the code looks like from ******* swf decompiler is:
function recieveFindPlayerResponse(displayString)
{
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in VVB.net I have a string that contains the name of a function, say dim funcstr as string = "MyFunc1". How do I call the function or sub whose name is contained in the string funcstr (in this case, MyFunc1)?
View 9 Repliesgoing to need to call unction within a FoxPro program. I believe within my VB program I will need to create a service which will need to cal
View 7 RepliesI have an aspx page populated with data from an access database using this code:
<asp:datalist id="bookData" runat="server" RepeatDirection="Horizontal" RepeatColumns="3">
<ItemTemplate>
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I would like each entry of data to have a button associated with it that could call a server function to submit data to a database. I currently have the button implemented, but no idea how to go about calling a function that would be able to detect what button was clicked.
i have this question i was trying to find a way to call a javascript function from asp controllers and i did here is the code :
<script type="text/javascript">
function hello() {
alert("hello world")
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and i want to call it from a javascript function so it will be like controller----call---> javascript ---call--->code behind
I've designed a Windows Service in Visual Basic 2005 that needs to call some functions from a DLL written in Delphi 5. If I try to add this DLL as a reference, I get this error:
"A reference to 'C:ProjectsServiceProMDPUpdateServiceMessageStubApplicationSPHost.dll' could not be added. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that it is a valid assembly or COM component."
I assume that it is just not possible to add this DLL as a reference to my VB2005 project, since the DLL was written in an old version of Delphi, correct? This isn't a big deal, as I can just use the DllImport function from System.Runtime.InteropServices, but if it is possible, adding it as a reference would be preferred.
My other question is, how would you be able to call a function from the DLL using DllImport, if the function you are trying to call takes a Delphi record data type as a parameter (if this is possible)? If possible, would I need to pass each field in the record separately or would I be able to define a structure in my VB app that mirrors the record definition in the Delphi DLL and pass that? Or, would it be best if I just created another function in the Delphi DLL that took various string/integer/boolean/etc. parameters that I could call from VB that would then call the original function in Delphi? I tried searching the internet for this specific question, but I couldn't find anything that looked useful.
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I have an XML file with a list of tasks to be executed. One of the elements of the XML file is funcName (function name), which is the name of a function to be executed in my Visual Basic.NET application (v4).I can retrieve the string name of the function, but how do I go about running it? I have two Class files, GUI and DISP.[code]
View 2 RepliesIs it advisable to call a function from another form?Does it have any side effects on the system while running, like more process will consume?I have a function that will set the background in a form, it will make the image stretch, backcolor transparent and will set the picture. If I will use that function in other 15 FORMS I can minimize my code.
View 9 RepliesI have an 100 aspx files with one module file for code. All these aspx files have the same backend function, so i created on public module for all these files to access. These files are in the same folder. But for some reason the aspx files cannot access the function from that module.
mod1.vb Code (.vb file)
Public Module Allinone
Sub Allinone_Load(ByRef Page As Web.UI.Page)
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I am at a roadblock of why the aspx files wont read this module? Also all these files are in the same directory