Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum : DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 01 May 2026 04:01:14 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:12:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.01 360 www.quickpdf.org/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=2712 <![CDATA[Debenu Quick PDF Library - PDF SDK Community Forum]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/forum_images/QPDF_Forum_Title.png http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/ <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : Jean,We do not have access here...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11186.html#11186 Author: AndrewC
Subject: 2712
Posted: 16 Sep 13 at 7:12AM

Jean,

We do not have access here to PowerBuilder 8.  It sounds like version 8 works a little differently to to 9 and 10.  If you can send us your final import file we should be able to include it automatically in future QPL releases.

You can email to to support@debenu.com.

Andrew.
]]> Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:12:20 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11186.html#11186 <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : Hi all, Just to let everyone...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11185.html#11185 Author: jfields
Subject: 2712
Posted: 13 Sep 13 at 8:59PM

Hi all,
 
Just to let everyone know I finally figured it out through trial and error:
 
Here is how I modified the header file:
 
removed all ";ansi" from every line
 
next, I used a DLL Exporter to find all the function names in the DLL 
 
for functions with corresponding "A" functions, for these functions I added the "A" to the ALIAS FOR name in the header
 
for those functions without corresponding "A" functions, I removed the whole ALIAS FOR part
 
Thanks to all that helped.
-Jean
]]> Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:59:37 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11185.html#11185 <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : You only need the &#034;;ansi&#034;...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11159.html#11159 Author: Wheeley
Subject: 2712
Posted: 04 Sep 13 at 8:44PM

You only need the ";ansi" when you are passing string arguments. So it should be

FUNCTION long DPLCreateLibrary() LIBRARY "DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0915.dll" ALIAS FOR "DPLCreateLibrary"

OR just

FUNCTION long CreateLibrary() LIBRARY "DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0915.dll" ALIAS FOR "DPLCreateLibrary"

Wheeley
]]> Wed, 04 Sep 2013 20:44:20 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11159.html#11159 <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : Thanks Wheeley for your reply. My...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11157.html#11157 Author: jfields
Subject: 2712
Posted: 04 Sep 13 at 1:49AM

Thanks Wheeley for your reply.

My application is not getting to the DPLUnlockKey function, it is throwing an error at DPLCreateLibrary
 
FUNCTION long DPLCreateLibrary() LIBRARY "DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0915.dll" ALIAS FOR "DPLCreateLibrary;ansi"

When I run my application, I get the following error:
Powerbuilder Application Execution Error (R0015)
Application Terminated
Error: Error calling external function DPLCreateLibrary;ansi at line...

As far as I can tell, the DLL is loading into memory correctly.

Anything else I should check?

Thanks in advance,
-Jean

Edit:  I had tried DPLCreateLibraryA, but used DLLExport to find there was no DPLCreateLibraryA function.


Edited by jfields - 04 Sep 13 at 2:07AM]]> Wed, 04 Sep 2013 01:49:07 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11157.html#11157 <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : Powerbuilder 8 uses Ansi strings...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11126.html#11126 Author: Wheeley
Subject: 2712
Posted: 21 Aug 13 at 6:06AM

Powerbuilder 8 uses Ansi strings internally. So you need to use the alias for clause for your external function declaration. Unfortunately, Debenu hasn't been keeping up their include file correctly. From the file for 9.15 I see this:

FUNCTION long DPLUnlockKey(long InstanceID, string LicenseKey) LIBRARY "DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0915.dll" ALIAS FOR "DPLUnlockKey;ansi"

But it should be this:

FUNCTION long DPLUnlockKey(long InstanceID, string LicenseKey) LIBRARY "DebenuPDFLibraryDLL0915.dll" ALIAS FOR "DPLUnlockKeyA;ansi"

So, for every function you use you need to append an A character to the function name so you direct Powerbuilder to use the ansi function not the unicode function.

Hope this helps
Wheeley
]]> Wed, 21 Aug 2013 06:06:00 +0000 http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11126.html#11126 <![CDATA[DPLUnlockkey not working with Powerbuilder 8 : Hi all, We have purchased a...]]> http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplunlockkey-not-working-with-powerbuilder-8_topic2712_post11125.html#11125 Author: jfields
Subject: 2712
Posted: 21 Aug 13 at 3:36AM

Hi all,
 
We have purchased a license and the license works with the vb6 sample code and 9.15 active X object.
 
I am now trying to implement the license in Powerbuilder 8 with the 9.15 dll. 
 
DPLCreateLibrary is returning a nonzero number, so I am assuming that the instance id is good.
 
When I pass the instance id to DPLUnlockkey with our license, DPLUnlockkey returns 0 with no messages.
 
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?  My code is similar to http://www.quickpdf.org/forum/dplloadfromstring-for-powerbuilder_topic2560.html?KW=unlockkey
 
I loaded the Powerbuild import header that was for PB version > 10 and removed the "ALIAS FOR" part for these 2 functions.
 
Any help would be appreciated.
 
Thanks,
-Jean
 
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