Can't find DLL entry point

c++ vba dll entry-point
John Smith picture John Smith · Dec 20, 2012 · Viewed 9.8k times · Source

I have been trying to call a DLL function in my VBA project but I keep getting this error message:

Run-time error '453': Can't find DLL entry point "CheckStatus" in "Power.dll"

Here is the definition for the DLL in the C++ file:

#define CLASS_DECLSPEC extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)

CLASS_DECLSPEC int __stdcall CheckStatus();

And here is how I'm trying to declare it and call it in VBA:

Public Declare Function CheckStatus Lib "Power.DLL" () As Long

Dim test As Long
test = CheckStatus

And then when I run it received the aforementioned error message.

Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.

Answer

Dani picture Dani · Dec 20, 2012

This has to do with name mangling (even with extern "C").
Look at what export is really in the DLL, a guess would be either _CheckStatus or _CheckStatus@0.
To force the name to be as-is, make a .def file in your project with the content:

EXPORTS
    CheckStatus=CheckStatus

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