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In article <74s6ie$gp314@forums.borland.com>, leavym@easynet.co.uk 
says...
> Hi,
> 
>     I'm trying to write some Java code that accesses some methods in a C++
> Dll. The only way
> i've seen of doing this is to generate the .h and .c files using javah, and
> then amending the code
> in the dll.
> 
> Is there a way to directly 'import' the dll without having to change to C++
> code to include the genrated header file, as the source code may not always
> be available.
> 
> All the texts i have read seem to point to the 'javah' method. There must be
> another way???
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark
> 
> (Also any links to sites about this topic would be helpful)
> 
> 
> 
If all you have is a .dll, no access to the source of the .dll, then you 
have to create your own .dll with the 'glue' code that provides the 
interface between JNI Java and a C/C++ routine that calls the other .dll 
functions and returns the appropriate data to the Java application.

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wmc