Connecting to C++

I've got some fairly hardcore maths to do on some very large arrays and I was thinking it might be faster to do it using a C++ backend for the maths.

I can write the source code for the functions themselves but I have absolutley no Idea how to connect to them with VB.


basicly how do I go from something like this

Code:

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int CalculateArray (long* TargetArray,int Param1, int Param2)
{

int retval = 0;

    //Lots of C++ Code

    return retval;

}

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to something I can connect to like I connect to the API

thanks in advance

How about using c++ to create a .dll and connect to it through VB. I have no exp. with c++, but from what i do know, it makes no diff. to vb what lang. a .dll was written in.

I found a Customized VB Linker, that linked VB object files with C++ object files.. I forgot where I found it (I didn't ofcourse download it) but if I find it agian, i'll post the link here, you may be able to compile the C++ code and then link the obj file with VB's file...