Hi,

I'm using Borland Pascal 7.0 and I made a test DLL called "minmax.dll". Now I wanted to import functions from it. The code looks like this:

program _minmax;

function min(x, y: longint): longint; external 'minmax';
                                              {^}{Error 85: ";" expected}

begin
end.

What's wrong??? I made it by the BP's help. By the way, "minmax.pas" looks like this:

library minmax;

function min(x, y: longint): longint; export;
begin
  if x < y then min := x
  else min := y;
end;

function max(x, y: longint): longint; export;
begin
  if x > y then max := x
  else max := y;
end;

exports
  min,
  max;

begin
end.

And I've also compiled it (for protected mode of course). With QuickView the DLL is OK.

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NetGert[/italic]

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: Hi,
:
: I'm using Borland Pascal 7.0 and I made a test DLL called "minmax.dll". Now I wanted to import functions from it. The code looks like this:
:
:

: program _minmax;
: 
: function min(x, y: longint): longint; external 'minmax';
:                                               {^}{Error 85: ";" expected}
: 
: begin
: end.
: 

:
: What's wrong??? I made it by the BP's help. By the way, "minmax.pas" looks like this:
:
:

: library minmax;
: 
: function min(x, y: longint): longint; export;
: begin
:   if x < y then min := x
:   else min := y;
: end;
: 
: function max(x, y: longint): longint; export;
: begin
:   if x > y then max := x
:   else max := y;
: end;
: 
: exports
:   min,
:   max;
: 
: begin
: end.
: 

:
: And I've also compiled it (for protected mode of course). With QuickView the DLL is OK.
:

---

NetGert[/italic]

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:
Before the word external BP expects the word far; Then it can recognize the statement as a declaration for a DLL import. See online hep on external for more info.