A VB.NET DLL calling by Fortran

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Hi there,

and here is my second question today.

I like to call a VB.NET by Fortran. But I don't know how. I don't understand how t call a object-oriented language by Fortran.

Thanks

Olaf

[Steve_Lionel]

There are two examples of doing this in the Parallel Studio XE for Windows Sample Bundle: MixedLanguage\VB-Calls-Fortran is the simplest.

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Hi Steve,

thank you very much, but I like to call a VB.NET DLL FROM Fortran, so I look for Fortran-Calls-VB.NET.

Can you help again?

Olaf

[Steve_Lionel]

It would have to be a native mode DLL, in which case you would call it just the same as any other DLL. You would have to make sure you have the naming and calling conventions right (STDCALL on IA-32), and a lot of VB argument types won't map to Fortran in that direction.

What exactly are you trying to do here? Show the declaration of a VB routine you want to call.

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Hi Steve, I have a VB,DLL from another application. In the handbook from that is written a call from a another VB.NET. Here is an extract : Public net1 As New NNToolNetLib.NNToolNet With net1 .... a = .NNLoadF(DscFile) .... For i = 1 To .InputCount
.NetInput(i) = CStr(i * 10.1) Next a = .NetEvalF ... For i = 1 To .OutputCount a = 1 To .NetOutput(i) --- Next .... But I need to do that in Fortran or if necessary in C++ Regards Olaf

[Steve_Lionel]

You have not shown what the interface to the procedure is.

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Hi Steve,

thank you for your answer.

That interface is all I have.

I couldt write an interface routine between the vb.net dll and fortran, I would say in VB.NET. But I don't know how.

regards

Olaf

[Steve_Lionel]

That's not an interface. The declaration of the routine is somewhere else. My guess, though, is that the routine is VB.NET specific and doesn't support calls from other languages. You can try calling into a VB routine you write that then calls this other routine.

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Here is the attachment

[Schwandt__Olaf]

Hi Steve,

I found in the environment of the commercial VB.NET-DLL a directory, wich is called "LibFIles"

I give you the files attached. Is someone of this what we need?

Olaf

[Steve_Lionel]

I have no clue what to do with the contents of that ZIP. I don't see anything I recognize as a source file.