Calling functions from DLLs 1

[hencox]

Hi!

I'm trying to call a function from within a DLL by using this code:

FUNCPNT* fP;

HINSTANCE hLib = LoadLibrary("the_api.dll");
	
if(hLib)
{
  fP = (FUNCPNT*)GetProcAddress(hLib,"TheDLLFunction");
}

//the calling of the function
(*fP)();

This gives me the error "error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function" on the last line, when compiling in Visual C++. Any ideas what I have missed?

Regards
Henrik

 

[hencox]

When reading my post, I realize that I expressed myself a little bit fuzzy perhaps. What I want to do is call a funtion that resides in a DLL.

 

[palbano]

You need to define the signature of the function

typedef void (*FUNCPNT)(void);
FUNCPNT fptr = (FUNCPNT)GetProcAddress(…);
(fptr);

-pete