Fortran Programming Language :: Question about a F77 Win32 DLL that uses a Common Block...


	Question about a F77 Win32 DLL that uses a Common Block... Hello, I'm just trying to verify some information I'm seeing with an app I'm working on. I'm more of a C\C++ programmer, so I apologize if I'm using incorrect terms. I'm helping debug a VB.NET 2005 app (.NET 2.0) that's interfacing with a F77 DLL. The DLL uses a common block and runs fine when there's only one instance of the VB app running. When multiple instances of VB are running it appears that variables in the common block are being mixed up between the 2 apps. So, from what I've read and what I'm seeing, would the common block be the equivalent to shared memory that both apps are accessing? I'm trying to wrap my head around the problem in terms I understand. Thank you, Jason Jason wrote: > I'm just trying to verify some information I'm seeing with an app I'm > working on. I'm more of a C\C++ programmer, so I apologize if I'm > using incorrect terms. (snip) > So, from what I've read and what I'm seeing, would the common block be > the equivalent to shared memory that both apps are accessing? I'm > trying to wrap my head around the problem in terms I understand. COMMON should be equivalent to a C or C++ extern struct. That is, one declared outside any function and without the static (sic) attribute. Given that the idea of DLL is sharing a single copy of a library across multiple users, it doesn't seem to surprising that it would also happen to COMMON. COMMON was added to Fortran long before shared memory, or even running more than one program at a time. -- glen