Compile DLL file from a VB journal file

Submitted by bobcandy on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 19:52
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Journaling / NXOpen API

I have created a journal file and want it to be compiled into a DLL file.

This journal file is running fine when directly used through "Play journal". Also I created a customized button in NX 7.5 window and gave the reference action to the journal file. The journal file executed as per the command from that button.

But when I compile the same VB journal file into a DLL through Microsoft Visual studio 2008 and give the DLL reference to the customized command button, I get the error as follows "The file is not encoded in valid UTF-8 and contains some characters that are not in the locale character set".

I made sure that the class library is set to UTF-8 and still the error persists.

How to successfully compile the VB journal as DLL ??

Kindly help me out

NXJournaling - Mon, 04/15/2013 - 13:18

Do you get the same error if you run your code by choosing File -> Execute -> NXOpen...? I've not personally run into this problem, seems you've already made sure it is set to UTF-8.

iamfallen - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 13:58

I had the same error. I found out I had the wrong type(ie, was journal) for the action. I set it to user command and my dll ran fine.

hebmwo - Wed, 08/07/2013 - 02:35

Hi,
I also want to compile a journal code into a DLL file. But I don't have any experience with that.
Can anybody give a good example how to do that? Unfortunately I also don't have any access to the NX Programer's Guide..
Thanks

NXJournaling - Wed, 08/07/2013 - 12:42

Are you using an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as VB Express or Eclipse? If not, you will need one to compile your code.

hebmwo - Thu, 08/08/2013 - 00:14

I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installed. Can you describe
the necessary steps for compiling the code and what I should take care about
that it works with NX..? I tried to make a journal code working with the run_journal.exe,
but I failed. In principle, I want to be able to start a journal code from Excel,
maybe by using an Excel button. You have any idea about how to do it?
Thanks!

NXJournaling - Fri, 10/18/2013 - 14:16

The basic steps to compile a journal into a dll or exe can be found here:
http://nxjournaling.com/?q=content/how-compile-dll#comment-507