>>I am trying trying to call a DLL function. The VB code that works properly is as Follows:
>>
>>//////////////////////////
>>Declare Function FPInitialize% Lib "ETFAXD32.DLL" (lpdFaxHandle&)
>>
>>Private Sub Command1_Click()
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>> wstatus = FPInitialize(dFaxHandle)
>>
>>End Sub
>>/////////////////////////
>>
>>In this code, the value of dFaxHandle is properly assigned a Long Integer value, and wstatus is assigned 0, indicating success.
>>
>>I'm trying to do the samething in VFP 5.0. Here is the code for VFP:
>>
>>DECLARE INTEGER FPInitialize IN ETFAXD32 AS FpInitialize ;
>> Long @nFpHandle
>>
>>nStatus = FpInitialize(@nFaxHandle)
>>
>>As near as I can tell, this should return the samething, but a Long integer gets assigned to nFaxHandle(as I would expect) and a large integer gets assigned to wStatus, indicating failure.
>>
>>This seems simple enough, what am I missing here?
>>
>>Ed
>
>This is a real shot in the dark, but here are two things to try:
>
>1. Drop the AS clause in the declaration and/or;
>
>2. Change the alias being used.
>
>It could be that there's a conflict being generated by the declaration.
>
>HTH,
>
>George

George,

Just tryed both of your sugestions, still no good. Thanks fot your though, I'll try anything.

Ed