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Using a C DLL from Java

markpb · 2007-09-03 12:00:33

Hope someone can help me with this, I'm not a Java coder at all. I have a C DLL (which I didn't write) that I need to call from a Java app. I tried to call it using a JNI stub but the namespaces don't match so it looks like I'll have to write another DLL of my own to sit between Java and the 3rd party dll. Is there any…

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03-09-2007 1:00pm

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markpb

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Hope someone can help me with this, I'm not a Java coder at all.

I have a C DLL (which I didn't write) that I need to call from a Java app. I tried to call it using a JNI stub but the namespaces don't match so it looks like I'll have to write another DLL of my own to sit between Java and the 3rd party dll.

Is there any simpler way of doing this, it seems a little kludgy?

Mark

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#2 03-09-2007 1:55pm
Martyr

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can you recompile the DLL at all?
you might get help from here
check out this too

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#3 03-09-2007 2:41pm
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Unfortately not, it was provided by another company for talking to their hardware. I'll have a look at those links... cheers.

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#4 03-09-2007 8:32pm
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if you can't recompile the DLL, then you might have to create a seperate dispatcher routine (as you know, i'm sure) - let us know what you do in the end.i'm interested to know.

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