Invoking a VB executable /DLL from Forms 6i

Hi Everyone,
We have a complete application (in the form of a product) in
Forms 6i. We need to integrate a licensing software with this
Forms product. This licensing software is built in VB. We
basically need to execute an executable and a DLL - ( I presume
that i can execute any external application/exectuable using the
HOST function ) - Please confirm if this can be done. And more
importantly how do I invoke a DLL which is supposed to return a
value to the Forms application.
All inputs are welcome - This is really really Urgent.
Ipsa.

I think you can use the ORA_FFI (Foreign Functions Interface) to
invoke functions in a DLL. I recently put together a small
package for calling HTML Help files using ORA_FFI. I can send it
to you if it would be of any help.
Regards,
Rajesh Jayaprakash
[email protected]

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