vb6 'rte 53: file not found'

Hello,

i've made an dll just to test it.

the .DLL code:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Public Sub MBOX(ByVal Text As String)

    Call MsgBox(Text, vbOKOnly, "MBOX")
   
End Sub

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my test project:

Code:

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Private Declare Sub MBOX Lib "MBOX.dll" (ByVal Text As String)

Private Sub Form_Load()

  Call MBOX("hello world")

End Sub

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i've already gone to > project > references > browse > MBOX.DLL > checked the "MBOX.DLL" > ok
I also registered the .DLL in the system but it's still saying "dll not found" but its not working

Can someone tell me what im doing wrong?

VB does not create standard DLLs. VB creates Active-X DLLs. ActiveX dlls are ones you add to your project via the Project | References menu. If you've worked with ADO, DirectShow, FSO, MS Office automation, etc, same idea.

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Originally Posted by LaVolpe

VB does not create standard DLLs. VB creates Active-X DLLs. ActiveX dlls are ones you add to your project via the Project | References menu. If you've worked with ADO, DirectShow, FSO, MS Office automation, etc, same idea.

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But when I did > project > references > browse > MBOX.DLL it didnt work, or do I have to change the code also then?

When you do project > references does MBOX show up in the list?
When you do project > references > browse, do you find MBOX.DLL ?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

When you do project > references does MBOX show up in the list?
When you do project > references > browse, do you find MBOX.DLL ?

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if this is what you ment

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/4715/naamloosjb.jpg

gives error:
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4030/naamlooswl.jpg

Try

mbox "hello world"

Quote:

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

Try

mbox "hello world"

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still not working, i'll get the same error like on the picture above

Okay, looking at the error message it seems to be confused between the name of your project which I assume is MBOX and the name of your dll so I think you've not done something incorrectly in the DLL. I've never created a dll for VB but if you look at this MSDN article it shows you step by step how to do it. Good luck.

I think you have to declare the mbox
'dim mb as mbox / 'set mb=new mbox / dim mb as new mbox

Private Sub Form_Load()

MB.mbox ("hello world")

End Sub

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Stupidiot

I think you have to declare the mbox
'dim mb as mbox / 'set mb=new mbox / dim mb as new mbox

Private Sub Form_Load()

MB.mbox ("hello world")

End Sub

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I think you're right.

In your MBOX dll project, what is the class' name you used?
Does that class have the MBOX function in it?

If so...

Code:

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Dim cMB As New MBOX.ClassName ' < change ClassName to the class name of that project
cMB.MBOX "Hello World"

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If the above doesn't work, what is the Instancing property of the class inside your dll project.