I'm well aware of how to use a dll file with a visual basic application. I'm not quite sure how to do so in my C++ bot, though. I scrapped the idea of just taking the function needed from the source, because of some end of file error. I decided to just use the dll.

Do I go into project settings, under the link tab, and put it in there with all the .lib files? I also need to include the headers in the program, right?

I did these two things, and it didn't seem to let me use functions from the dll. Maybe I didn't put some #include's in the correct spot? I only put one #include in my main.cpp file (all my bot functions reside in main.cpp for now), and I included the checkrevision.h file.

Is there anything special I need to do other than this?

[quote author=Okee link=topic=11472.msg110869#msg110869 date=1115083246]
I'm well aware of how to use a dll file with a visual basic application. I'm not quite sure how to do so in my C++ bot, though. I scrapped the idea of just taking the function needed from the source, because of some end of file error. I decided to just use the dll.

Do I go into project settings, under the link tab, and put it in there with all the .lib files? I also need to include the headers in the program, right?

I did these two things, and it didn't seem to let me use functions from the dll. Maybe I didn't put some #include's in the correct spot? I only put one #include in my main.cpp file (all my bot functions reside in main.cpp for now), and I included the checkrevision.h file.

Is there anything special I need to do other than this?
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[list]
[*] Make sure that that the src folder in the bncsutil distribution is added to your list of include directories.
[*] Do #include <bncsutil/bncsutil.h> in files where you need BNCSutil finctions.
[*] Add the library to the list of libraries in the linker options.[/list]

I added the directory to the list of included paths, and now it cannot locate gmp.h. Is this is problem encountered by anyone else?

This is what Im lookin at:

[quote]
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(70) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(71) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\nls.h(30) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'gmp.h': No such file or directory
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[quote author=Okee link=topic=11472.msg110903#msg110903 date=1115091743]
I added the directory to the list of included paths, and now it cannot locate gmp.h. Is this is problem encountered by anyone else?

This is what Im lookin at:

[quote]
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(70) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(71) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\nls.h(30) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'gmp.h': No such file or directory
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I've never used it, so I don't know if it includes it or not, but gmp.h is the gnu multiple precision library -- try searching for that and downloading it as well.

"long long" is the gcc terminology for a 64bit integer.  Again without having ever looked at the code, you might need to change it to whatever your compiler's terminolgy is (ie __int64 for msvc).

I did what K said, and its working, now. When it tries to link, though, it gives the following error..

[quote]Linking...
BNCSutil.dll : fatal error LNK1136: invalid or corrupt file
Error executing link.exe.[/quote]

I've got the dll located in the vc6 search dir with the other lib files, c:/.../vc6/Lib, in the projects dir, and in System32. I'm linking it by including it in project settings, with all the other lib files, such as ws2_32.lib. This seems to be what shadypalm88 said to do? How should I be doing this?

*bump*

Anyone know? Is there a lib file for this dll somewhere?

Try redownloading the zip package.  It now includes the import library.

I thought hyper was 64bit integer in msvc. :(

[quote author=K link=topic=11472.msg110905#msg110905 date=1115096555]
[quote author=Okee link=topic=11472.msg110903#msg110903 date=1115091743]
I added the directory to the list of included paths, and now it cannot locate gmp.h. Is this is problem encountered by anyone else?

This is what Im lookin at:

[quote]
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(70) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\mutil_types.h(71) : error C2632: 'long' followed by 'long' is illegal
bncsutil\nls.h(30) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'gmp.h': No such file or directory
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I've never used it, so I don't know if it includes it or not, but gmp.h is the gnu multiple precision library -- try searching for that and downloading it as well.

"long long" is the gcc terminology for a 64bit integer.  Again without having ever looked at the code, you might need to change it to whatever your compiler's terminolgy is (ie __int64 for msvc).
[/quote]It's strange that he's getting this error.  I assumed from looking at the error messages and his mention of "project settings" that he's using some version of Visual C++, or at least a Microsoft C++ compiler.  From mutil_types.h:[code]#ifdef _MSC_VER
typedef __int64 int64_t;
typedef unsigned __int64 uint64_t;
#else
typedef long long int64_t;
typedef unsigned long long uint64_t;
#endif[/code](Full File)

The rest of the lib uses [u]int64_t, so I don't know what could be causing that error.