How to Create a Dynamic Link Library
- 1). Open Microsoft Visual Basic Express, select the "File" menu and click "New Project." Select "Visual Basic" under "Installed Templates," then double-click "Class Library" shown in the middle of the "New Project" Window.
- 2). Press "Ctrl" and "A," then press "Delete" to remove any existing code.
- 3). Copy and paste the following to your "Class1.vb" module:
Public Class Class1
Public Function returnData() As String
returnData = "This string was returned from a .dll"
End Function
End Class - 4). Click the "Build" menu, then select "BuildClassLibrary1" to create the new dynamic link library. A new DLL called "ClassLibrary1.dll" has been created in your project folder.
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