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null reference exception on DLL call in C#

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Dan Mehlman - 23 Jan 2005 17:29 GMT
I'm trying to implement calls to an existing C-based DLL within a C# program.  It sounds straightforward enough, but any calls to the extern functions produce a NullReferenceException.

My code looks like this:

[DllImport( @"e:\jbhexe\sscam.dll", EntryPoint="BAM_calcs" )]
public static extern int bamCalcs( long settlementDate,
  ref bamDescr descr, long calcToWhich, ref bamResults results,
  long precisionFlag, long checkInput, ref long status,
  ref byte[] statusText );

and the exception is thrown on the call:

bamCalcs( settlementDate, ref descr, calcToWhich, ref results,
precisionFlag, checkInput, ref status, ref statusText );

I'm guessing that I have to create an instance using Type.GetType(), but since the dll is C-based, I can't figure out what parameters to pass.

If someone has insight into this, your response would be appreciated.

Please contact me at danmehlman@hotmail.com.

Thank you.
Mattias Sj?gren - 23 Jan 2005 19:34 GMT
Dan,

>[DllImport( @"e:\jbhexe\sscam.dll", EntryPoint="BAM_calcs" )]
>public static extern int bamCalcs( long settlementDate,
>   ref bamDescr descr, long calcToWhich, ref bamResults results,
>   long precisionFlag, long checkInput, ref long status,
>   ref byte[] statusText );

I'm guessing that you should use int rather than long for the
parameter types. Keep in mind that a long in C# is a 64-bit integer.

Also, are you sure that the last byte array parameter should be passed
by ref?

Mattias

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