Calling Windows DLL on Linux using Java?

fgarsombke · Post by **fgarsombke** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:01 pm

I need to call a Windows DLL on Linux using Java.

How can this be done using WINE?

Thanks in Advance.

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:17 pm

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:01 PM, fgarsombke <[email protected]> wrote:

I need to call a Windows DLL on Linux using Java.

How can this be done using WINE?

Run the Windows version of Java on Wine.
- Dan

fgarsombke · Post by **fgarsombke** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:37 pm

Thanks Dan. I'm guessing there is no way to wrap a dll in some sort of so object?

Thanks for your help.

Franz

Dan Kegel · Post by **Dan Kegel** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:46 pm

On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:37 PM, fgarsombke <[email protected]> wrote:

Thanks Dan. I'm guessing there is no way to wrap a dll in some sort of so object?

It's not easy, and you should avoid trying to do it directly for now.

If you don't want to run the Java app in Wine,
you could write a little windows app to talk to the Java one
over a socket.
- Dan