use dll in mel script

[mhovland]

I think it depends on how you've implimented the function.

First you would have to be compilling an .mll not a .dll

Second you would have to be using MPxCommand to create your own mel command.

I have created my own commands using this method, and as long as the plugin is loaded, I can call the commands I created through a mel interface.

My C++ knowledge is so minimal it isn't really knowledge at all, so take this for what it is, and artist trying to learn to write plugins for Maya.

[alexx]

should be possible via a "system" command call i would presume

cheers

alexx

[fred007]

Thanx :thumbsup:

[mark_wilkins]

I don't think you'd do this via a "system" command, as there's no way to access DLLs from the command line.

Instead, you can make the same Windows system calls you'd make in any other program to load the DLL and call the functions in it.

So, as Mike Hovland implied above, you'd want to wrap your call to the DLL in a Maya command plug-in, then install that and use it in your MEL script.

-- Mark

[mhovland]

Whew!

Glad I was right :applause:

Thanks for the additional input Mark.

[mark_wilkins]

Sorry, Mike, I mostly followed up because it took me a while to realize what you meant and I figured that different words might help someone else who came along and read this thread later.

-- Mark

[fred007]

Thanxs everybody for the precisions ... :thumbsup:

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