Re: PL/SQL extenrla procedures (8i 8.1.6.0 WinNT DLLs)

Well your're trying to display a message box on the server, who will press the [OK] button on the server for you?

HTH. Finn

Mike Davies <mike_at_hectic.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:8ekvns$hih$1_at_drunk.hectic.demon.co.uk...
> If I build the sample external procedures from
 \orant\plsql\demo\extproc.*,
> they work fine.
>
> If I write a simple DLL using the same principles, it works fine.
>
> But if I put any Windows API calls (CreateFile etc) in the simple DLL, the
> PL/SQL call just hangs. And the only way to tidy up is to abort
 EXTPROC.EXE
> with a debugger.
>
> __declspec(dllexport) void test1()
> {
> }
>
> __declspec(dllexport) void test2()
> {
> MessageBox(NULL,"test","test",MB_OK);
> }
>
> i.e. test1() works, but test2() hangs.
>
> The DLL I want to use works fine with other applications (Access,
 Arcview).
>
> Have I missed something about the rules for external procedures ?
>
> Mike.
>
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Received on Wed May 03 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT