Hi Edward!

You should use:

char* instead of char:

char* ConvertTime(void)

Aditionally make sure, that after the end of string there are 2 zero byte.
(make a same string, but that is longer by 1 char, which is zero - 0x0.)

BB

BTW

Why dont you make fox libray function (FLL), instead of dll-s? With the same code and 2 more declarations you get native VFP functions. FLL is a DLL! Even you can use .DLL extensions. (Returning a value from FLL is made by a special function RETVAL() or RETCHAR() or RETINT() ...)

>>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);
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>Arnon:
>
>How do I allow the function to return a string. As near as I can tell, you can't declare the function return type as "string".
>
>I've declared the dll in VFP as such:
> DECLARE STRING ConvertTime IN Timeconv AS ConvertTime
>
>So how do I make ConvertTime() (code above) return a string?
>
>Ed
>>>
>>> /////////////////////////////////////
>>> //
>>> // 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
>>>
>>>