>>Hi,
>>
>>Does someone have an idea on how I should pass a date to this DLL?
>>I use it to directly write into an accounting program.
>>
>>Here is what the help says:
>>
>>WORD DPIGetSysDate( HSOC hSoc,
>> WORD wType,
>> LPDPIDate lpDate
>> );
>>
>>Parameters
>>hSoc handle off the company (no problem with this one)
>>Wtype type of date whished (no problem, these are constants)
>> DPIDTE_EMPTY date vide
>> DPIDTE_TODAY date du jour
>> DPIDTE_DEBEXER début dexercice
>> DPIDTE_FINEXER fin dexercice
>> DPIDTE_DEBSAISIE début de saisie
>> DPIDTE_FINSAISIE fin de saisie
>>lpDate pointeur on a date <<< here is the problem
>>
>>Returns: error Code
>>
>>
>>José
>

>LPDPIDate lpDate

is a memory pointer to a date. You will need to find out what the C language structure and size for the date is before you can know what the returned value is.
>
>Here is some sample code:
>

><font color="#0000FF">local</font> cStr, nErr
><font color="#0000FF">declare integer</font> DPIGetSysDate <font color="#0000FF">in</font> YourLibraryName.Dll <font color="#0000FF">integer</font> hSoc, <font color="#0000FF">integer</font> wType, <font color="#0000FF">string</font> @ lpDate
>cStr = <font color="#0000FF">replicate</font>(<font color="#0000FF">chr</font>(0), nLengthOfDateStruct) <font color="#008000">&& Fill in with your own date struct</font>
>nErr = DPIGetSysDate(m.YourhSoc, m.YourwType, @cStr) && <font color="#0000FF">Call the routine</font>
><font color="#0000FF">** Interpret your results...</font>
>

The next step is to intrepret the results which can be intersting. You will need to know the exact spec for DPIDate which should be in a C++ header file (has a .h extension). Look for the line with struct DPIDate { ... and get everything until the end curly brace.
>
>After you send more information, maybe I can help more.
>
>HTH,
>Peter

Thought I'd try to clean up the html. Lets see if this works. Mitchel, you really need to have an html preview feature. Possible have a Send, a Preview, and a Reset to Default button.