API Hell please help

[abselect]

I don’t suppose there is an appropriate person or place to ask this simple programming question?

I have all I need to write the module except all the examples are in C++ and I am using VB6 the documentation tells me I can use VB and I have converted the syntax to what I would expect to see i.e.

API call: AJLError AJLSystem_Initialize(long *printerID, LPCSTR pDriverName, LPCSTR pDeviceName, LPCSTR pPortName)

becomes

Declare Function AJLSystem_Initialize Lib "c:\windows\system\ajlmon.dll" () As Long

but I receive the old can't find entry point error

[MerrionComputin]

Chances are that the dll names are mangled...? Try refering to the call by it's position in the export table. i.e. if it is the first exported function:

Declare Function AJLSystem_Initialize  Lib "c:\windows\system\ajlmon.dll"  _ 
      Alias "#1" (Byval lPrinterId As Long, _ 
                        Byval lpDriverName As String, _ 
                        Byval lpPortName As String) As Long

HTH,
Duncan