Thread: call DLL function from another DLL

Hey guys,

my little programm doesn't seem to work - I assume it is caused by a mistake in the function declaration respectivly calling the function...

The sitation is as follows:

A Programm uses a DLL, respectivly its function EXPORT.
In this function there is a link to another DLL. This one exposes 2 functions - INIT and CTRL, which have the following c-style declarations, using the CDECL calling convention:

Code:

void INIT(double *array1, double *array2);
void CTRL double *array1, double *array2);

Below you find the sourcecode from my DLL, with the function EXPORT:

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <windows.h>

typedef void (__cdecl *CTRL)(double*, double*);
typedef void (__cdecl *INIT)(double*, double*);
	
double dll1_in_array1[101]; //an array for both input and output             
double dll1_out_array1[101]; //und for each function	
double dll1_in_array2[101]; //these are tranferred to the functions
double dll1_out_array2[101]; //later on

INIT call_dll1_Init;
CTRL call_dll1_Ctrl;
		
HINSTANCE hinstlib_dll1= LoadLibrary(L"DLL1.dll");		
	
extern "C" {
void __declspec(dllexport) __cdecl EXPORT(float *var1,int *var2, char *var3, char *var4, char *var5);}


void __declspec(dllexport) __cdecl EXPORT(float *var1,int *var2, char *var3, char *var4, char *var5)
{
	

call_dll1_Init=(INIT)GetProcAddress(hinstlib_dll1,"INIT");	
	
call_dll1_Ctrl=(CTRL)GetProcAddress(hinstlib_dll1,"CTRL");	 


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call_dll1_Init(dll1_in_array1,dll1_out_array1);	 //calling the functions
	
call_dll1_Ctrl(dll1_in_array2,dll1_out_array2);		
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Implementation of the DLL works quite well. calling the functions, e.g.

Code:

call_dll1_Init(dll1_in_array1,dll1_out_array1);

also seems to be working.

But I am quite unsure, if for the cdecl calling convention

Code:

void INIT(double *array1, double *array2);

the declaration

Code:

typedef void (__cdecl *INIT)(double*, double*);

is correct, because

Code:

typedef void (__cdecl *CTRL)(double *input, double *output);

causes no errors in compiling, too.

Thanks for your replies.

Originally Posted by bithub

You say your program doesn't work, but what part is not working? Which function is failing?

Well then intention is to send the input- and outputarrays

Code:

double dll1_in_array1[101]; //an array for both input and output             
double dll1_out_array1[101]; //und for each function	
double dll1_in_array2[101]; //these are tranferred to the functions
double dll1_out_array2[101]; //later on

using the function calls

Code:

call_dll1_Init(dll1_in_array1,dll1_out_array1);
call_dll1_Ctrl(dll1_in_array2,dll1_out_array2);

to the DLL functions,


where the input-arrays cause a change of the outputarray, as the inputarray is changing permanently by the main program.

But after initializing the functions and arrays (which DOES change the outputarray) nothing more seems to happen.

So I was thinking, that the transfer of the inputarray is not working at all, maybe caused by an invalid call or type definition.