Need help programming plugin

[IFR]

Hi

I'm beginner visual basic programmer and I dont know much about programming DLL. From a DLL file can you take informations from somewhere else like abittorrent client and display it on your LCD? If yes, how would you do that? Do you know a good tutorial to program DLL?

[limbo]

There is a demo dll for VB .net in main LCD Smartie site....


If you want to access the interface or info from other program you can do it using various methods (depending of the program) such ini access, registry read, shared memory, API call.
Unfortunatelly the LCD smartie demo dll gives you only the basic structure of the dll for the rest:

You can search the net for examples...

I 'm sending you the source code of one released plugin to check it out and get some extra info

Since you are beg with VB I suggest you to test your skills with something easier first than access others program's interface

[IFR]

oh thanks I didn't think of ini access and registry. I know the basic of API call . BTW what do you mean by shared memrory? is it like accessing in the program process memory and gather the information? I read the plugin source but all it does is to show how to display a msg to LCDsmartie.