Re: about third party library files

[Jonathan Morrison]

Manisha,
If you could give me a brief description of the application you are converting
from(i.e. what it does) and the third-party DLLs (i.e. are they COM DLLs
or regular Windows DLLs), I would be happy to try to help you.

Thanks,
Jonathan

"Manisha" <mrsmanisha@hotamail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>I am novice to C++ and have developed an application in Visual basic using
>third party dlls. I have to convert this application in C++ and
>I am looking for the best approach to do that. I specifically want to know
>what would be the best approach to deal with Library files. What should
be
>my project type?
>Would it be advisable to use MFC library with this.
>I would appreciate your help with this.
>Thanks,
>Manisha

[Manisha]

Hi,
First of all to answer your question about type of dll- Well, I am using
com dll from Entrust.
Let me give you brief description of my vb app. The application which I have
developed using VB and Third Party com dll is a
command line utility performing cryptographic actions. I have referenced
those dlls in my vb applications.
Now I would like to use their C++ Com toolkit and convert the same applications
in C++.
I hope I have given you required description to guide me. Please let me know
if you would like to know more.
Thanks for replying.
Manisha

"Jonathan Morrison" <jonathanm@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>Manisha,
>If you could give me a brief description of the application you are converting
>from(i.e. what it does) and the third-party DLLs (i.e. are they COM DLLs
>or regular Windows DLLs), I would be happy to try to help you.
>
>Thanks,
>Jonathan
>
>"Manisha" <mrsmanisha@hotamail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>I am novice to C++ and have developed an application in Visual basic using
>>third party dlls. I have to convert this application in C++ and
>>I am looking for the best approach to do that. I specifically want to know
>>what would be the best approach to deal with Library files. What should
>be
>>my project type?
>>Would it be advisable to use MFC library with this.
>>I would appreciate your help with this.
>>Thanks,
>>Manisha
>

[Jonathan Morrison]

Manisha,
Good! You are not trying to do a GUI application in C++. :-) The conversion
of this application to C++ should be fairly painless. All you need to do
is create a "console application" in VC++ and reference the COM DLLs you
need. A good example of how to access COM DLLs (ADO in this example) from
a C++ console application is found here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ps...k/mdat9s6h.htm

You can use this example as a guide for accessing COM DLLs from C++.

I hope this helps you! :-)

-Jonathan
"Manisha" <mrsmanisha@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>First of all to answer your question about type of dll- Well, I am using
>com dll from Entrust.
>Let me give you brief description of my vb app. The application which I
have
>developed using VB and Third Party com dll is a
>command line utility performing cryptographic actions. I have referenced
>those dlls in my vb applications.
>Now I would like to use their C++ Com toolkit and convert the same applications
>in C++.
>I hope I have given you required description to guide me. Please let me
know
>if you would like to know more.
>Thanks for replying.
>Manisha
>
>"Jonathan Morrison" <jonathanm@mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>>Manisha,
>>If you could give me a brief description of the application you are converting
>>from(i.e. what it does) and the third-party DLLs (i.e. are they COM DLLs
>>or regular Windows DLLs), I would be happy to try to help you.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jonathan
>>
>>"Manisha" <mrsmanisha@hotamail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I am novice to C++ and have developed an application in Visual basic using
>>>third party dlls. I have to convert this application in C++ and
>>>I am looking for the best approach to do that. I specifically want to
know
>>>what would be the best approach to deal with Library files. What should
>>be
>>>my project type?
>>>Would it be advisable to use MFC library with this.
>>>I would appreciate your help with this.
>>>Thanks,
>>>Manisha
>>
>