>>>>I have the following information (this is an excerpt) about a DLL that I would like to use in my VFP application, but I can't seem to get it to work. What is the correct way to declare and use it? Ultimately I want the value returned from the GetReading() function.
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>>>>typedef struct hdate_t {
>>>>	WORD	day;
>>>>	WORD	month;
>>>>	WORD	year;
>>>>} HDATE_T;
>>>>
>>>>typedef struct reading_t {
>>>>	int		reading1;
>>>>	int		reading2;
>>>>	int		special;
>>>>} READING_T;
>>>>
>>>>KDATE_API HDATE_T	CivilToHebrew(int day, int month, int year);
>>>>KDATE_API READING_T	GetReading(HDATE_T hd, int diaspora);
>>>>

>>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>Try:
>>>

>>>DECLARE STRING GetReading IN ..... STRING @hd, INTEGER dspr
>>>
>>>
>>>hd  = REPLICATE(CHR(0),3*16)  && Word has 16 bytes
>>>lcRes = GetReading(@hd, 0)
>>>? lcRes
>>>

>>>The you should convert lcRes from string to 3 integers.
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>>But the hd parameter that I am passing to GetReading has to be the result of the CivilToHebrew function. How can I declare/use the CivilToHebrew function?
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>Hmmm,
>try:
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>DECLARE STRING CivilToHebrew IN ..... INTEGER nDay, integer nMonth, integer nYear
>DECLARE STRING GetReading IN ..... STRING hd, INTEGER dspr
>
>lcRes = GetReading(CivilToHebrew(........), 0)
>? lcRes
>

I get "Declare DLL call caused an exception."
Somehow I need to get the structure returned by the CivilToHebrew function and then pass it to the GetReading function.