21 Apr
2015
21 Apr
'15
7:54 a.m.
From my recollection, it seems that VB4 couldn't
directly use 16-bit DLLs
but VB3 can. I think with VB4 I'd created an interface
through VC to load
the routine(s) but that's a clunky way of doing it. You might give VB3 a
shot, depending on which version of Windows you're going to be using.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:33 AM, geneb <geneb at deltasoft.com> wrote:
On Tue, 21 Apr 2015, Douglas Taylor wrote:
I have a software driver for an old scientific instrument that is
described in a brief manual this way:
"The acquisition driver is a tool that allows developers to write their
own Windows based programs that
can acquire data from any Michelson series spectrometer. The programs can
be developed with any
programming environment that supports calling standard Windows 16bit
DLLs. Examples of such
environments are Visual Basic and Visual C++ from Microsoft ( up to
version 1.5 ), Delphi and C++
from Borland, Labview from National instruments. This document assumes
that the reader is familiar
with all the concepts surrounding DLLs and Windows programming. It is a
reference guide that explains
the parameters of the functions that make up the Bomem acquisition driver
and how they are used to
acquire data."
I recently purchased Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition, but the first
pages of the reference indicate that it is a 32 bit only version.
Which version of Visual Basic will allow me to call this driver?
Doug, you should be able to use VB6 for that - you can call a DLL from
just about any programming language on Windows. Does it give you any
example code to work with? Is there a scan of the manual available?
If you're not familiar with VB, I'd be happy to help you get it sorted.
g.
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