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JD> 1     "Private" needed will not accept otherwise.
There may be a way around this if placed in another area.
My documentation refers to VB3 people writing DLLS so there must
have been ways to do it.
TC> I was hoping there was a way to make the functions "public" in the C++
TC> DLL I make, so that I don't need to worry about VB 3.0's lack of
I posted that message because I found it very difficult to make C/C++
pass strings in 16 bit mode and I finally got one example to work.
However, the technique gives inconsistant results and other people, 
hopefully, will give suggestions to stablize it.
And, I know that others have been having the same trouble on both sides. 
I checked though the internet and found more people having problems passing
info from C/C++ dlls, than answers and all the answers were vague.
This should have been a settled and well documented subject by now.
I really want this to work as I have a lot of C/C++ code I would like
to reuse!
TC> "Private". I don't want to upgrade because I don't have the funds to do
Buying Borland C++ 4.52 is cheap 29.99 at "Electronics Boutique" included
as part of "Sams C Programming Starter Kit".
***WARNING*** Some of the kits have an older 4.02 ver read the box.
As for VB4/VB5  
As a college student the min. price seems to be $100.
sign up for a pottery course just to meet the legal req.
Go to a local college
As an alumni of a college I am give computer lab access to my old college. 
other colleges my let local people use their lab. 
Buy a used one and have the reg. transfered.
I am not sure about this "Private" thing you may want to check in the 
visual basic conference about this and non-MS visual basics some may 
be freeware or very low cost.
... Even a broken clock is correct twice a day ( W.F.B.)
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