initializing a BSTR in a .dll for TCP/IP

[TimVanDriessche]

Hello Everyone! 

I'm trying to establish a TCP/IP connection between my computer and an external computer controlling a laser device. The sw on the laser only understands TLV commands and to send them over I have to use a .dll that I have to initialize in LabVIEW, but everytime I try, the wizard says that the BSTR type symbols cannot be defined. I tried to use a preprocessor definition but LabVIEW won't accept it (maybe I used the wrong one?) I also tried to 'fake' the structure of a BSTR and send it to the node but that didn't take either. 

I'm pretty new to LabVIEW and I have no experience in programming C or C++. 

Does anybody know a preprocessor definition I could try? Or some other solution? 

Thanks in advance, 

A desperate, soon to be, programmer

[VA.KI]

Hello TimVanDriessche

Have you seen this document?

Or you can contact with the laser manufacturer.

[TimVanDriessche]

Hello VA.KI,

Thank you for the reply! I've seen the article before though.

I figured out a correct conversion without using the .dll. It turns out I can build the correct command without a BSTR. 

Thank you for your time though! 🙂 

Tim 

[Shaunied]

Good Day Tim,

I am in the exact same situation as you were. I need to communicate with a laser - a Trumark laser, through TCP/IP. I am also not sure how to define BSTR when using the Import Shared Library Wizard

How did you manage to solve this? If you are communicating with a Trumark laser, are you willing to share your vis?

Thank you,

Shaun