Using objects instantiated by a DLL in Basic

[sqykly]

If I Declare a DLL function that returns an instance of a class and invoke it within OOoBasic, what results can I expect? I would be somewhat surprised if the object behaved normally without any special treatment, but that would solve 99% of the problems I come here whining about =). Specifically, would I have to Declare each and every one of said object's methods? Would Basic flip its lid over a non-UNO object being stuck in its object variable? I dare not hope that any overloaded operators would be accessible.

[Villeroy]

Well, you are the pioneer to explore this on your own. And don't forget to tell us the results. OOo is platform independent and the built-on StarBasic language with it's Win-specific declare statement is a far cry from the early 90ies. It's a primitive loudspeaker to call the office-API, but you can not really write progams with it. All your threads in this forum confirm this private theory of mine.

Usually the "old" oooforum.org is a good source of knowlege. The "old veterans" contributed 90% of all the knowlege between 2003 to 2005. It's still in there (more or less hidden, which was one reason to start this forum).