Blitz 3D SDK V104 B2 Cannot Open B3D.DLL

akj · Post by **akj** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:10 am

I cannot open the Blitz 3D SDK file B3D.DLL using:

Global b3ddll = OpenLibrary(#PB_Any, "C:\Windows\System32\b3d.dll")
If b3ddll = 0
  MessageRequester ("Fatal error!", "Failed to open b3d.dll")
  End
EndIf

The OpenLibrary() statement always returns 0.
Redownloading the SDK package made no difference.

I am using version 104 beta 2 of the SDK package under Windows ME and PureBasic 4.30.

Can anyone else with Windows ME/98 get the DLL file to open?

Pupil · Post by **Pupil** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:16 am

The path might be wrong? Have you tried "C:\windows\system32\b3d.dll"?

ABBKlaus · Post by **ABBKlaus** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:20 am

there´s no need to use a path, what does getlasterror say ?

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Global b3ddll = OpenLibrary(#PB_Any, "b3d.dll") 
If b3ddll = 0 
  err=GetLastError_()
  MessageRequester ("Fatal error!", "Failed to open b3d.dll"+Chr(13)+"Error code "+Str(err)) 
  End 
EndIf

akj · Post by **akj** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:21 am

@Pupil:

Sorry, that was a typo. I've now corrected it in the first post, but the OpenLibrary() call still fails.

akj · Post by **akj** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:32 am

@ABBKlaus:

Thank you for your suggestion. The error code returned is 31 which appears to mean "A device attached to the system is not functioning.".

But this message doesn't make much sense.

The code I used to get the textual error message was:

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Procedure.s GetLastError() ; AKJ  18-Oct-08
; Return last system error as a string
Protected size, error$, flags
size = #FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK-2 ; 253
error$ = Space(size)
flags = #FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM|#FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK	
FormatMessage_(flags, #Null, GetLastError_(), 0, @error$, size, #Null)
ProcedureReturn Trim(error$)
EndProcedure

ABBKlaus · Post by **ABBKlaus** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:55 am

this might help : http://www.experts-exchange.com/Program ... 57657.html

akj · Post by **akj** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:12 am

@ABBKlaus:

Unfortunately the 'Experts Exchange' website does not help me because in order to see the solution I am required to enter my credit card details, but I am not willing to do this.

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:19 am

what a nepp!

this is ridiculous:

ABBKlaus · Post by **ABBKlaus** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:21 am

oh well i just google´d and found that page, heres what they said :

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This error occurs if the dll you want to load uses any function from another dll (i.e. any MFC dll or C-runtime dll) which cannot be be found in this dll. This may happen if you have different versions of this dll (i.e. running a application developed with VC6 on a machine which has the MFC DLLs for VC4.x installed).

You should use dependency walker (depends.exe) to check versions of the imported dlls. With this tool you can see also from which path the dlls will be loaded.

lexvictory · Post by **lexvictory** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:10 am

Kaeru Gaman wrote:what a nepp!

you used to be able to disable cookies and scoll past all the categories to see the solution. (thats how googlebot can see them)
But they appear to have removed that - so use google's cache!

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:08 pm

akj wrote:@ABBKlaus:

Unfortunately the 'Experts Exchange' website does not help me because in order to see the solution I am required to enter my credit card details, but I am not willing to do this.

Just scroll to the bottom of the page to see the answers or use http://www.stackoverflow.com

EDIT: infact just dont bother with expert exchange and go straight for stackoverflow