First you need to confirm if this is an ActiveX DLL or a standard Windows
DLL.
The former:
- Needs registering
- You access it with by create an instance of its exposed classes

The latter:
- Does not need registering
- You call functions with the Declare statement similar to that you have
shown.

As for the error, it may be because one/some files that this DLL requires
are missing. Get a copy of Dependency Walker to check.

NickHK

"Mike Iacovou" wrote in message
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thanks jim

using the declaration with the DLL in the same folder fails with a "not
found" error... I guess it expects either a registered library or an
absolute
path...