Accessing a windows dll from java, JNI ?

[ing erl]

Hello!

Being puzzled.
I am not quite sure to handle my problem, not knowing where to start.
I have a dll written in C or C++, a speech engine from a third party, that I want to access from Java.
How do I access those C functions from my Java code, will I have to
write som kind of 'adapter' using JNI as some kind of middle-layer.
Are there any godod articles on the subject besides the Tutorial on the java.sun.com site ? or books ?

Using Netbeans for coding at the moment, is there any kind ( if there is use for that) of plug-in regarding problems as this ?
Could switch to any other kind of tool here, if it helps me.

regards, i

[Ulf Dittmer]

Welcome to JavaRanch.

There are some packages that take the pain out of using JNI to communicate with a DLL. If you have a COM object, take a look at the JACOB and JCOM projects.
[ January 27, 2006: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[ing erl]

Thanks for the reply!
Start looking there!

regards, i
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