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QUESTION POSED ON: 26 June 2004
How do I call a dll file from Visual Studio that is not a COM controller or ActiveX?

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If you are talking about .NET, use the DllImportAttribute to import a native function on a DLL. The docs in MSDN have good examples and there are plenty on the web if you Google for DllImport.


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