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  • cvraghavan1979
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    • Jan 2008
    • 28

    Reading DLL through VB

    HI Guys,

    Any one can help to know the possibilities of reading data from DLL file through VB

    regards,
    vijay
  • debasisdas
    Recognized Expert Expert
    • Dec 2006
    • 8119

    #2
    How your dll contains data.

    You need to refer the dll from Project -----> reference

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    • cvraghavan1979
      New Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 28

      #3
      Originally posted by debasisdas
      How your dll contains data.

      You need to refer the dll from Project -----> reference


      hi,

      i refered the information / functions written in dll

      regards,
      vijay

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      • debasisdas
        Recognized Expert Expert
        • Dec 2006
        • 8119

        #4
        Have you tried as suggested in the previous post ?

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        • cvraghavan1979
          New Member
          • Jan 2008
          • 28

          #5
          Originally posted by debasisdas
          Have you tried as suggested in the previous post ?

          hi,

          i've created a dll through vb. but i've lost the source file. so i want to know whether we can get the details in the dll file in readable form.

          regards,
          vijay

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          • VACEPROGRAMER
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            New Member
            • Nov 2007
            • 167

            #6
            No . . no . . no . . !!!!!
            If you try to edit or make some *dll file then you have a wrong choise. I'm making a program for system control and i usaly don't use *dll because VB isn't for Dll. But you have to try. I will help you if I can.Be sure -> I'm making a new OS.

            *VACE*

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            • cvraghavan1979
              New Member
              • Jan 2008
              • 28

              #7
              Originally posted by VACEPROGRAMER
              No . . no . . no . . !!!!!
              If you try to edit or make some *dll file then you have a wrong choise. I'm making a program for system control and i usaly don't use *dll because VB isn't for Dll. But you have to try. I will help you if I can.Be sure -> I'm making a new OS.

              *VACE*
              Hi,

              I am Vijay. I wish u success for ur effort on creating a new OS. but to keep the code in a safe way is thr any other way in vb than the dlls. 'coz i want to make them through dlls, as i want to share the code across applications. ocx will not help me as i am working with concepts / ideas not with controls.

              regards,
              vijay

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              • VACEPROGRAMER
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                • Nov 2007
                • 167

                #8
                If try to make a *dll whit VB or use in Vb applications , better not.

                *VACE*

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                • Killer42
                  Recognized Expert Expert
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 8429

                  #9
                  Originally posted by VACEPROGRAMER
                  If try to make a *dll whit VB or use in Vb applications , better not.
                  Vace, please stop this nonsense. This thread is not about creating a DLL, in VB or otherwise. It is about accessing information concerning what is in an existing DLL.

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                  • Killer42
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                    • Oct 2006
                    • 8429

                    #10
                    cvraghavan1979, do you know what version of VB the DLL was created with? Or more importantly, was it an "old-style" VB (up to VB6) or one of the .Net-based ones?

                    This might make a big difference to what you can do. I tried searching Google for a few related words such as "DLL name examine" and saw a number of entries that sounded as though they might be useful. But most if not all seemed to relate to the .Net platform.

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                    • cvraghavan1979
                      New Member
                      • Jan 2008
                      • 28

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Killer42
                      cvraghavan1979, do you know what version of VB the DLL was created with? Or more importantly, was it an "old-style" VB (up to VB6) or one of the .Net-based ones?

                      This might make a big difference to what you can do. I tried searching Google for a few related words such as "DLL name examine" and saw a number of entries that sounded as though they might be useful. But most if not all seemed to relate to the .Net platform.
                      hi,

                      the dll that i was created in vb6. i have some functions in that dll. i want to check the contents that i've written in that dll.

                      regards,
                      vijay

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                      • debasisdas
                        Recognized Expert Expert
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 8119

                        #12
                        Originally posted by cvraghavan1979
                        hi,

                        the dll that i was created in vb6. i have some functions in that dll. i want to check the contents that i've written in that dll.

                        regards,
                        vijay
                        If you don't have the DLL or the source code ,how you are going to access that ?

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                        • Killer42
                          Recognized Expert Expert
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 8429

                          #13
                          Originally posted by debasisdas
                          If you don't have the DLL or the source code ,how you are going to access that ?
                          Has the DLL, doesn't have the source.

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                          • QVeen72
                            Recognized Expert Top Contributor
                            • Oct 2006
                            • 1445

                            #14
                            Originally posted by cvraghavan1979
                            hi,

                            the dll that i was created in vb6. i have some functions in that dll. i want to check the contents that i've written in that dll.

                            regards,
                            vijay
                            Hi,

                            If you have lost the source code, then, you dont have any option, to get it back.
                            Compiled .dll, conceals all the source.. only Shared/Public Properties,Func tions,Procedure s, methods are exposed..
                            You have to Re-Build a New dll,

                            Regards
                            Veena

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                            • cvraghavan1979
                              New Member
                              • Jan 2008
                              • 28

                              #15
                              Originally posted by QVeen72
                              Hi,

                              If you have lost the source code, then, you dont have any option, to get it back.
                              Compiled .dll, conceals all the source.. only Shared/Public Properties,Func tions,Procedure s, methods are exposed..
                              You have to Re-Build a New dll,

                              Regards
                              Veena

                              Hi,

                              Have A Nice Day!. i want to check whether we have any options to access the content of a dll in readable form, as i am trying to perform functions to access the procedures & functions used in some of the projects that i got through my friends.

                              regards,
                              vijay

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