DLL for VBA

[Jag Man]

I posted this in the Excel Programming NG but so far have gotten no answer.
Perhaps
there are some VBA people?

I have successfully created C++ functions and compiled/linked them into a
DLL,
and called them from VBA after using the Declare statement in the VBA module
where used. However, I need to bind the function to the call at run time,
like can be
in C/C++ using function pointers. One is supposed to be able to do something
like
this using the Application.Run command, but that's where my problem arises.

VBA Help gives a syntax:

expression.Run(Macro, Arg1, Arg2, ...)

where expression evaluates to something that supports the Run method.
"Macro"
is the name of the function to be run. Specifically, it says:
"Macro Required Variant for Syntax 1 (not used with Syntax 2). The macro
to
run. This can be either a string with the macro name, a Range object
indicating where the function is, or a register ID for a registered DLL
(XLL) function. If a string is used, the string will be evaluated in the
context of the active sheet."

I have not been able to make this work for functions that I write and put in
a DLL. Most likely, my problem is I don't know exactly what
" a register ID for a registered DLL (XLL) function" means in this context.
How
does one "register" a DLL function in the sense used here?

TIA

Ed

[christo...@gmail.com]

This is an old post, I don´t see an answer here, so making my own contribution.

Did you add a .def file with the name of the functions to the C++ project? I believe that the problem was just it, then you just would have to handle the proper arguments of the functions.