Pipetest wont load DLL

FrontPanel
1

Im using Visual Studio 2010, and when I run my compiled version of Pipetest, it wont load the DLL referenced on the 1st line in main function.

printf("---- Opal Kelly ---- PipeTest Application v1.0 ----\n");
if (FALSE == okFrontPanelDLL_LoadLib(NULL)) {
	printf("FrontPanel DLL could not be loaded.\n");
	return(-1);
}

I have the DLL " file okFrontPanell.dll" in the directory where I run the executable, and also made sure when I compiled, I used the suggested setting for the C++ compiler, Code Generation --> Runtime Library --> Multi-threaded Debug DLL (/MDd)"

WHen I run the executable, it always fails at this line. WHen I run the executable provided on the install disk from Opal-Kelly (pipetest.exe) it works fine in the same directory.

can anyone tell me what might be going wrong?

Thanks,

Joe

2

Please make sure the architecture of the DLL matches the architecture of your executable, per the instructions in the FrontPanel User’s Manual. In other words, 32-bit DLL + 32-bit executable. 64-bit DLL + 64-bit executable.

3

This was due to my using the wrong DLL, i.e. there are separate DLLs for 32 bit and 64 bit.