DLL from VB IDE

[Mimmo Labate]

How write DLL routine with PB wich check if the calling program
run into Visual Basic IDE ?
- For example

myProgram.frm call the myPBDll.dll
if myProgram run into VB Ide
then myPBDll return True
else
return False

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if myProgram.exe call the muPBDll.dll
then myPBDll return false

I find this in VB KB

>Public Function ASC_IsIDE() As Boolean
> ' trap error
> On Error GoTo IsIDE
> ' error line
> Debug.Print 1 / 0
> ' exit sub without error, the debug.print was not execute
> Exit Function
>
> IsIDE:
> ' if error, I am on IDE 'cause debug.print was called
> ASC_IsIDE = True
>
> End Function



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[Tom Hanlin]

You could call GetModuleFileName, which returns the name of the running
program. If the result is, say,
"c:\microsoft likes to bury programs really deep in folders\VB6.EXE"
you can be pretty sure that the calling program is running in the VB IDE.


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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Mimmo Labate]

Tom,
thanks for your attention.
Excuse me for my very bad English.
Have You an example for me?

Very thanks in advance.
Mimmo


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[Tom Hanlin]

The GetExeName function below will tell you the complete filespec
of the .EXE that's calling your DLL. Visual Basic 6.0 will end with
a filename of "VB6.EXE". You may also wish to check for the other
32-bit VB compilers, VB 4.0 and VB 5.0. I don't have these installed,
so I can't tell you for sure what filenames they use.

#COMPILE DLL
#IF NOT %DEF(%WINAPI)
  DECLARE FUNCTION GetModuleFileName LIB "KERNEL32.DLL" ALIAS _
     "GetModuleFileNameA" (BYVAL hModule AS LONG, lpFileName AS ASCIIZ, _
     BYVAL nSize AS LONG) AS LONG
#ENDIF
FUNCTION GetExeName () AS STRING

  LOCAL f AS ASCIIZ * 256

  GetModuleFileName 0, f, SIZEOF(f)

  FUNCTION = f

END FUNCTION

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Tom Hanlin
PowerBASIC Staff

[Mimmo Labate]

Tom,
You are Fantastic (as all the PowerBasic company)!!!
I hope, that your help, can be minimized this problem.
I write free source code for VB5 and VB6, for Italian Lotto
website visitors. But they,in illegal reason, copy and write
my code in their comercial software...
I write part of my code in PBDLL 6.0. So, and with your important
suggest, I will make run my code only into VB IDE.

Infinite Thanks
Mimmo




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