Re: Calling 32-bit DLLs from 16-bit-Applications

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From: Chris Marriott
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 18:34

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In article <3110E37C.352C@novabase.pt>
           fmc@novabase.pt "Filipe Cust=?iso-8859-1?Q?=F3dio" writes:

>Wolfgang Steiner wrote:
>> I must use a 32bit-DLL from Visual Basic 3.0 (a 16bit-application)
>> under WfW (the DLL also runs with Win32s) and Win95.
>
>You must use universal Thunks. However, your program will not run under =
>
>NT or Win32s.

Wrong. Universal thunks are ONLY available on Win32s. What's needed here
are "generic thunks"; these are available under Win95 and NT, but NOT
Win32s.

There is no thunking mechanism which works under all 3 Win32 platforms :-<

Chris
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