Framework EDI Reference. Methods and Properties
ediDocument. DllApiCall

Calls an exported function of an external DLL component.

Syntax:

• <lRetVal> = object.DllApiCall(<sDllFileName>, <sExportFunctionName>, <lHandle>, <sParameter>, <lParameter>)
  

Parameters:

• sDllFileName - Full path name of the external DLL.
• sExportFunctionName - An exported function in the DLL.  The exported function must have the following syntax in order to be called successfully: 
• <lRetVal> = <function name>(<lHandle>, <sParameter>, <lParameter>)
• lHandle - Handle parameter to pass to the exported function.
• sParameter - String parameter to pass to the exported function.
• lParameter - Numeric parameter to pass to the exported function.

Returns:

Returns the result returned from the exported function call.

Remarks:

To call the external DLL function, FREDI first loads the DLL into memory and then calls the function.  After the function is executed, the DLL gets unloaded.