external call to DLL function

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

can anyone tell me the best way to call a dll function from within ABAP?

Thanks,

Jennifer

[RichHeilman]

Hi, I don't have any experience in calling DLLs, but you may want to give this a try.

report zrich_0001.

data: path type string.

path = 'C:WINDOWS<the_file_Name>.dll'.

call method cl_gui_frontend_services=>execute
   exporting
     application            = path
  exceptions
    cntl_error             = 1
    error_no_gui           = 2
    bad_parameter          = 3
    file_not_found         = 4
    path_not_found         = 5
    file_extension_unknown = 6
    error_execute_failed   = 7
    others                 = 8.

Regards

Rich Heilman