* wulf@ping.net.au <wulf@ping.net.au> [0349 02:49]:
> G'day,
> 
> I'm trying to create an application that requires a MS dll interface
> defining the communications protocol to a propriaty product.
> 
> I don't want to run applications such as wine and vmware etc. to achieve
> this, but write a native application that makes use of the dll.

I think you probably *do* want winelib then; it's Not an Emulator, but a way
of running windows code on *NIX, which is what you want. 

> Is this possible on NetBSD? Is there a Howto that explains the steps
> needed in order to import function calls from a MS dll? Or simply put,
> what needs to be done?

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