Hi Larry,

In the VB there are two more statements. I tried to run it a got "cannot find entry point OIAorder_status in the dll"

Thanks for your help Larry.

Steve


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Public POrderStatusA As POrderStatus
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Public Type POrderStatus
OrderID As String * 20
operation As String * 1
ImageFile As String * 260
Orig As String * 5
Media As String * 2
State As String * 1
Status As String * 5
Priority As String * 1
targsvr As String * 4
targline As String * 2
outputsvr As String * 4
OutputLine As String * 2
dupswanted As String * 5
dupsdone As String * 5
tsinit As String * 14
tsread As String * 14
tsdone As String * 14
Percent As String * 1
spare As String * 300
End Type
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>Public Declare Function OIAorder_status Lib _
> "oi_api" _
> Alias "#14" _
> (ByVal hImgHdl As Long, _
> ByVal OrderID As String, _
> POrderStatusA As POrderStatus) _
> As Long