Help...Why the API dosen't work on vb.net?

Hello,
I 've faced with a problem when using APi in vb.net. The APi i used is working fine in vb6 but it seems not working in vb.net. Can anybody out there help me?

**Problem:I want to check whether the MS Access driver is Exist in the pc or not... the API will return 0 (found) in vb6 but return numeric (not found) on vb.net.
** The driver is exist in this testing.

May i know what's wrong with it?

vb6

Private Declare Function RegOpenKeyEx Lib "advapi32.dll" Alias "RegOpenKeyExA" (ByVal hKey As Long, ByVal lpSubKey As String, ByVal ulOptions As Long, ByVal samDesired As Long, ByVal phkResult As Long) As Long

Dim bRes As Boolean
Dim lRes As Long
Dim hKey As Long

lRes = RegOpenKeyEx(&H80000002, _
"SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)", _
0&, _
&H1, _
hKey)
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that is because in VB6, data types where a$$ backwards and not standard with C data types. In VB .NET they are corrected. In the case of that API change all the Longs to Integer and it should work


in comparison of data types

VB6 VB .NET
Integer - Short
Long - Integer


VB.NET has Long but it holds even higher values than VB6.

You may want to search and read up more on using API in .NET also. This example is another reason why I keep telling people, you need to understand more about .NET, not just jump right in and start pasting your old VB6 code and expect it to work.


Good Luck