DLL Call freezing program

[darkjohn20]

Hi, I am using Windows 7, and I have a dll with MultiThreaded support (not for AutoIt) that I am trying to call a function from.

I use:

$Dll = DllOpen("DLL.dll")
$Start = DllCall($Dll, "int", "Start", "int", "1", "int", "1")
MsgBox(0, "Start:", $Start)

Where the function is

int Start(int Instances, int Threads)

When the Dll is called, the program freezes. The only way I can figure this is that MsgBox is never called. No message comes up at all. The script freezes and a "Windows Error Reporting" process is created (yet nothing actually shows up).

I have the dll in the same location as the script, and I have even tried compiling and running the script.

Any ideas what to do/can it be fixed/give up now?

Any more info needed can be provided.

[trancexx]

It's impossible to say without the file, but do try different calling method (that would be cdecl).

[darkjohn20]

trance, adding cdecl stops the freezing, but the call now returns nothing. not an int, not a string, nothing.

From the header:

int mnStart(int Number_of_instances, int Number_of_threads);

My line:

$Start = DllCall($DLL, "int:cdecl", "mnStart", "int", "1", "int", "0")

$DLL returns a "1" when opened, so it's opening. Any more ideas? The Dll isn't mine and I cannot reproduce it or anything.

[Authenticity]

How do you access the $Start variable? It should be an array type when the function succeeds.

[trancexx]

DllCall() returns an array on success.

Check $Start[0]

edit:

Authenticity was faster.

Edited December 3, 2009 by trancexx

[darkjohn20]

Thank you very much. Even if it doesn't work (the DLL that is), it at least returns something.

Thanks again!