Pass String from Visual Basic GUI to a C++ DLL?

[Athono]

How do I declare a string and pass it from a Visual Basic GUI to a C++ DLL?

Now I am debugging successfully. I can debug either on the Visual Basic end or I can debug on the C++ side by using the DLL's project file and declaring the compiled VB code as the launching executable. I have narrowed the problem down to the way that I am declaring and passiing the string variables.

[Niheel]

Here is an article about how you can interface a VB DLL to a C++ DLL so that you can move data/strings between them. It's a good article.

http://www.flipcode.com/articles/article_vbdlls.shtml

Here is another article that shows you can call a C++ DLL from visual basic.

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/show/1973/1/

When you get it to work, please let us know . . . paste some sample code for the rest of us.

[jmg6223]

Please ecuse my novice in this area, but regarding the interfacing of a Visual Basic GUI with C++, I see form the previous responses that it is possible, maybe even simple. Can the same be said for a Visual Basic GUI and C, not C++? any advice is appreciated.

[Killer42]

Please ecuse my novice in this area, but regarding the interfacing of a Visual Basic GUI with C++, I see form the previous responses that it is possible, maybe even simple. Can the same be said for a Visual Basic GUI and C, not C++? any advice is appreciated.

Although there is a lot more to it, the main point to remember is to pass strings to C routines using the ByVal keyword - this tells VB to pass it as a null-terminated string, rather than the usual format.