Simple DLL handling question from newbie

Hi,

I am still playing around with the examples and have some problem with understanding the DLL handling in BlitzPlus...

Would be nice, if you give me some simple hints:

The command ".lib" is not explained in the manual?
so, how do I include a standard win dll?
I typed:

.lib "wininet.dll"

in the beginning of my source and when I want to compile, it says: Expecting "End of File" right after the .lib..

Is there a very basic working example of code how to handle DLLs?

Thanks,
P!

okok, the ".something" defines a label... thats what I found out, but I have not found ANY working example of using a windows DLL in blitz... anyone?

thanks,
P!

Have a look in the code archive.

http://www.blitzbasic.com/codearcs/codearcs.php?cat=14

Sergio.

hi sergio,

i did that and downloaded the ggTray example... unzipped it, loaded it and started it... "function not found"...

the example consists of 3 parts:

ggTray/trayexamp/trayexamp.bb
ggTray/ggTray.dll
ggTray/ggTray.decls

Ok, so far so good: I understand, that I have to declare the functions I want to use and that I need the .dll file some where.

But if I just open the trayexamp.bb and want to compile it, it dies with an error (Function not found)...

Do I have to include the .decls file there?

Thanks
P!

Actually, what you should look at is the Userlibs Specifications document (under "Specs and Utils")

http://www.blitzbasic.com/sdkspecs/sdkspecs/userlibs_specs.txt

OH THANK YOU!!!!! I WAS ALMOST GIVING UP... (sorry for shouting :-)

helped a lot!
P