Hey V- I haven't received the 9.1 MDK yet, but there is supposed to be a pdf file with all of the examples and documentation. This would be different than the v8 MDK which only had the printed manual. In it, the only example of Basic was Power Basic. As far as your support person, the person managing the MDK requests has recently changed. I have the name of the new person on my home computer, but I'm not at home. :( There is a big conference in progress right now, so you may have to be patient for a few days. Sorry I'm not much help, but I am very interested in your VB quest since I am a lot more familiar with VB than C++. I had considered taking a C++ class just to use the MDK a while ago, but then reality struck and I realized that there already aren't enough hours in the day.

Hi Vaughn - The guy who answers those devkit emails name is Kevin. I can't tell you if he is in or out at the moment because I am out... :) I can't get into my email at the moment - crazy security settings here at this little Internet cafe thing.... so I can't email him either... If you see Plato on the board perhaps you can PM him and ask him to chase Kevin Cross for you. :) I will probably get in trouble for telling secrets but gotta help you somehow huh?? :) M

Hi Vaughn. Working with VB and the DevKit is a little bit problematic, because you only can use the MSFL Part. Neither with VB 6 nor with VB.NET can you produce a MSX-DLL. So if you plan to enhance your existing MetaStock with custom functions via a DLL, VB should not be the language of your choice. So looking for a complete VB example is not really helpful, unless you try to write your own charting software :roll: Chris

Vaughn, take a look at the manual at page 40 Chris

ohhhh.... that's what I was afraid of... :(

That being said, the MDK does support VB6, just not for MSX functions. VB6 sample code and examples are included to show how one can use it to interface with the MSFL (MetaStock File Library). This is discussed in section 6 of the manual.

Hello Seniors, Please guide about compatibility with Visual FoxPro ver 8 or 9. I understand Visual Foxpro can use and compile win32 DLLs. I see that no samples are available for VFP. So please suggest if it will be better to start with C++, so that there is better blendining with the community and total cost of usage is ultimately low. Regards SMG

Hi smg, Please guide about compatibility with Visual FoxPro ver 8 or 9. I understand Visual Foxpro can use and compile win32 DLLs. Visual FoxPro is not specifically supported by the MDK. However, if it can produce Win32 DLLs, you (note that I said "you" :) ) might be able to figure it out. I'd recommend C++ instead so you can get more help if you get stumped. Is MDK compatible with C++ and VB components of the VS Express 2005. The MDK has several components with different compatibility issues. I'll address MSX since that is the topic of this forum. Visual Basic: MSX is not compatible with any version of Visual Basic. This is because no version of Visual Basic has the ability to produce Win32 DLLs. C++: MSX supports Visual C++ 6.0. It has not been thoroughly or officially tested with any of the more recent versions of Visual C++, and therefore it is not said to support those versions. That being said, you can be very sure that it is possible to create MSX DLLs with Visual C++ .net, Visual C++ .net 2003, and Visual C++ .net 2005...you just don't have the benefit of the project wizard, since Visual Studio's project wizard architecture changed dramatically. As a matter of fact, if I was going to sit down and write an MSX DLL today, I'd get started in Visual C++ .net 2003, just because that is our main compiler here at Equis right now. Hope that helps. -Rich