edward, your problem is most probably that you are returning a pointer to a string from and your function type is char (single character) Arnon > >I wrote a small dll that calls the localtime() function in Visual C++ 5.0. >When I call this function,ConvertTime(), I get a memory error. The dll >works fine because I can call the test() function. I am a Foxpro >programmer, not a C++ programer, and I can't figure out what I am doing >wrong. Could someone help? Here is > the code: > > /////////////////////////////////////// > // > // ConvertTime() > // > /////////////////////////////////////// > > char ConvertTime(void) > { > struct tm *newtime; > time_t aclock; > char* rtntime; > > aclock=8067157205; > > newtime = localtime(&aclock); > > rtntime = asctime(newtime); > > return(*rtntime); > > } > > > ///////////////////////////////////// > // > // test() > //////////////////////////////////// > > int rtn ; > > char test(void) > { > rtn = 6; > return (rtn); > } > > > Here is the .def file > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ; > ; timeconv.def > ; > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > > LIBRARY timeconv > CODE PRELOAD MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE > DATA PRELOAD SINGLE > > EXPORTS > ConvertTime > test > > > Thanks > > Ed > > Thanks, Ed > >