>Hi,
>
>If we are using some external DLL, we must declare it first
>like
>
> DECLARE xxxx IN xxxxx
>
> For win32 API, we declare it like
>
> DECLARE xxx IN Win32API
>
>
>Can we copy the DLL to our window system folder and declare it
>like
>
> DECLARE xxx IN C:\TEST\XXX.DLL
>
>
>If not, any way to overcome this issue as I don't want the
>DLL to be in the same folder as my application.
>Please advise. Thank you

Yes, you can. Let's say you copy the dll into c:\temp so the declaration is like this

Declare xxx in C:\Temp\dll.dll

But if you copy to windows system folder then you don't have to include the directory name. It will search automatically. All you have to do is

Declare xxx in dll.dll

HTH