Hi Michael, Unfortunately you will not be able to go that route with DP. Calling the DLL will be a Microsoft Windows Specific function, and it would require the programming language to support it, DP fit neither of this, DP does not need have the ability to call other DOS programs.
I presume that you are now doing this with file exports and imports, generally that is the only way to have DP interoperate with other programs, with the exception of WP Shell integration, but that also will not help you here Bye Brian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Iannantuoni Sent: Sunday, 27 September 2009 3:32 AM To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group Subject: [Dataperf] Calling external dll Not that I'm a programmer, but does anyone know if it possible to call an external dll file from a DataPerfect field formula? I am using a database that I set up which, amongst other things, shows entered GB OS Grid references and converts them to all numerical format using a field link to a look up table. I then export this all numerical format grid ref data to a file and load it into an external programme that converts the data into Longitude, Latitude & Altitude. The converted data is then imported into DP. According to the instructions with the external programme, it is possible to call its dll to perform the conversion from another programme. Michael _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
