Calling VB Dll In JAVA

[rajesh kumar jhaver]

I am getting error when i tries to invoke the dll in java.
error is :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no prjHelloWorld.clsH
elloWorld in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1403)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:788)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:832)
at HelloWorldVB.<clinit>(HelloWorldVB.java:7)

Java Code
class HelloWorldVB {
private native void Add(int x,int y);
public static void main(String[] args) {
new HelloWorldVB().Add(2,5);
}
static {
System.loadLibrary("prjHelloWorld.clsHelloWorld");
}
}
VB Code
projectname: prjHelloWorld.prj
classname : clsHelloWorld.cls
DLL Name : prjHelloWorld.dll
Public Sub Add(x As Integer, y As Integer)
Debug.Print x + y
End Sub

[Joel McNary]

Two things:
1). You must have the .dll in your system PATH (not the CLASSPATH).
2). I don't think that you can call a VB .dll from Java; Java is looking for specific function names in the .dll (run javah on your .java file and see the expected C .dll header file). What you will need to do is either write a C .dll that contains your functions or write a C .dll that interfaces with your functions in your VB .dll. Depending on the complexity of code in your VB .dll, you may choose the latter. If you are starting from scratch, however, I suggest writing all functions in C. (Or finding a way to do it in Java )

[rajesh kumar jhaver]

thanks for your reply.
I have already created so many complex methods in VB dll.
Do u want to re-write all the functions in C dll? which is not possible for me.
Is there any way to map those functions vb dll to c dll?
how do i write JNI wrapper class such that i can invoke methods of vb dll in java program. if possible give me some psudo code or suggest some sites

[Joel McNary]

What you need to do then is create a C dll that calls the functions in your VB dll. I don't have pseudo-code like that immediately at my disposal, but a search of Google did yeild some results.
Jacob
Step-by-step instructions
Hope that this helps.

[pride Jimmy]

Excuse me! I have another problem, as follow:
A native method(methodA), it is implemeted by two dll.When my application program is starting, I will load the two dll.So if I called methodA then which is called from the two dll?