VB ActiveX DLL and Java

[somin bhuvan]

Is it possible to call VB ActiveX DLL Function from Java. If yes, how to do that. could you please explain in steps; that will be grateful.

Regards
Bhuvanesh

[Ulf Dittmer]

Is this question any different from this one?

The generic way to call DLLs is to use JNI. There are libraries that make this easier if it's a COM DLL, e.g. Jacob. I'm not sure if the process is any different for VB DLLs than it is for C/C++ DLLs.
[ May 22, 2006: Message edited by: Ulf Dittmer ]

[somin bhuvan]

Am trying to call VB ActiveX DLL Function thru JNI. The steps which i done so far:-
1) Written the Java Class to load DLL using System.loadLibrary or System.load method
2) Written the Simple VB Function and build into dll

Till this when i tried to call the function, am getting UnsatisfiedLinkedError.

After this by reading some websites i came to know tat VB Function can be called via VC++ DLL.
3) Wrote VC++ DLL and made a dll build.

The above steps can be seen in the below link
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=348424&messageID=3016546#3016546

After this too am still getting runtime error (UnsatisfiedLinkedError)

Could you please provide some alternate Solutions.

[Ulf Dittmer]

The solution is not to find an alternate solution - the solution is to fix the problem which prevents this from working. This page may be helpful in that regard.

[somin bhuvan]

I read the document given in the below link

http://www.inonit.com/cygwin/jni/helloWorld/load.html

But the same steps which given here will be applicable for calling VB ActiveX DLL methods too. In C/C++, the native methods are implemented but how come we are going to implement the native method in VB ActiveX DLL. Could you clarify this doubt.