CAN Controller DLL with Java Application. Unable to open CAN port - dll

I am creating a Java application that controls a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller via a vendor-supplied can.dll file.
can.dll contains a function bool openPort(DWORD memAddr) that allows the application to establish connection with the CAN controller.
I wrote a C++ test application, loaded can.dll via LoadLibrary and found this function to be working as it should, i.e. it returns true.
However, in my Java application, calling this via JNI or JNA returns false.
I hope someone can help me with this problem as I have been trying to fix this problem for more than a week.
Thanks :)
JL

I think you might want to look at sockets as an alternative or other IPC solutions.

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Is it possible to use regfree COM from registered COM?

I've been trying to implement following scenario:
Application [C++] uses CoCreateInstance on registered COM class (CReg/Reg.dll)
CReg class uses CoCreateInstance on regfree/SxS COM class (CFree/Free.dll).
CoCreateInstance returns REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG.
Problem doesn't seem to be with manifests, because if I try to instantiate CFree directly via application, object is created with no problem.
I have checked and scenario above triggers Activation Context of CReg (I have checked with sxstrace) and even manifest of the CFree is loaded successfully (!) which should effect in correct regfree COM. If I change manifest of the CFree then Activation Contexts fails (which I believe is proof for me that it was correctly triggered and loaded before the change).
Is scenario with using registered COM [CReg] not possible to access CFree object? If it is possible, are there some special work in order to load it properly?
EDIT
With Joe's help, we worked out that the problem is where Free.dll is located.
Main application is (for example) in C:\Proj\App, both Reg.dll and Free.dll are in C:\Proj\Libs. Is there possibility to load regfree Free.dll which is in different location than application? Problem is that I can't place it in application directory or in application child directory (it has to be in external location).
I have tried to use ISOLATION_AWARE_ENABLED preprocessor definition on Reg.dll project, to trigger Activation context from Reg.dll directory. Manifest from Free.dll is loaded properly (sxstrace logs that) but CoCreateInstance call is still returning REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG. This blog article points that it may be possible with this definition (but is not giving definite answer on this matter).
Anyone can help me solve this problem or at least point to the documentation that may give me an answer, whether it is possible or not, to load regfree dll from an external location?

Custom splash/start page for SL4 OOB application using Prism

I could use some help figuring out the best way to implement a "splash"/start-up page for my Silverlight 4 client applications that are built using Prism 2 and run out-of-browser.
I am supporting a suite of applications and am working on a common library of controls and services that all of the applications may use. As part of this, I am creating a subclass of the UnityBootstrapper class to register the services.
I've run into a situation where I need to 'pre-load' a couple of the services with data from the server on start-up. This could take a bit of time so we'd like to display a splash screen while all of the start-up steps are executed. Since we are running out-of-browser, I know this isn't straight forward. Any help is appreciated.
I'm also open to other approaches for start-up data that can't be 'lazy loaded'.
Check prism's sample project(under your PRISM installation):
Prism\Quickstarts\Modularity
That will show you how to KNOW when module loads/completed
You can just use Busy indicator with style over your Shell to indicate that you loading.
So after many trials and errors, I've come up with the following approach that I am now working through to see how well it works.
I've created a Shell UserControl in my class library that acts as a wrapper (container) for the UI. I set this control as the RootVisual. Within the content of this control, I add my splash control/view and make all of the necessary startup service calls. Using WaitHandles, I wait until all of the calls have returned before replacing the splash control with the application's start page.
The application has no idea how any of this works, which was my goal. They simply override a method I've added to the bootstrapper to make any startup service calls. The service calls are executed on a background thread and the code uses WaitHandle.WaitAll to block until all of the calls are completed which then uses Dispatcher.BeginInvoke to replace the splash with the application's main page.
This all seems to work pretty well.

Exception: RFC callback server not available while calling RFC

I'm trying to upload a file from a server directory to the SAP CRM System (attachment to an Opportunity), therefore I am using the method create_with_file of the cl_crm_documents class.
To call this method I am using a RFC-Function created by myself.
If I test my RFC-Function within the Function Builder, everything works fine.
If I execute the RFC from a external System (in my case MS-Outlook) an error occurs: "Exception: RFC callback server not available".
I started the debugger and the program runs about half way through (So the connection works):
The create_with_file calls a couple of functions until the RFC_START_PROGRAM function is called. The error occurs exactly at this line.
Does anybody know why the error occurs only if I call the function remotely? How to solve this?
I don't have access to a CRM system, but this is what's probably happening: The class you use tries to perform some action on the front-end PC using the SAP GUI. For this, it performs an RFC call back or the SAP GUI. This works fine as long as you are using the function builder because there's a GUI connection available. Once you use some other means to invoke the function module, the GUI is no longer there and the program won't work. I'd suggest you check the code to see whether there is some parameter or customization that allows you to suppress the RFC call...

IAT/EAT hooking "gethostbyname"

I wrote this code to hook API functions by changing the address in the IAT and EAT: http://pastebin.com/7d9N1J2c
This works just fine when I want to hook "recv" or "connect". However for some unknown reason when trying to hook "gethostbyname", my hook function is never called.
I tried to find "gethostbyname" in a debugger by taking the base address of the wsock32.dll module + 0x375e, which is what the ordinal 52 of my wsock32.dll is showing as offset. But that just makes me end up in some random asm code, not at the beginning of a function.
The same method however works fine for trying to find the "recv" entry point.
Does anyone see what I might be doing wrong?
I recommend this tool:
http://www.moduleanalyzer.com/
They do exactly the same and show the url that was connected with that API.
The problem is that there are more than one API to translate an url to an address. The application you are hooking may be using another version of the API that you're not intercepting.
Run some disassembler like IDA and attach to your process after you hook this functions, ida get apply changes on attaching and play process and check what is wrong.
In other way you have many libraries to do hooks with trampolines like Microsoft Detours, NCodeHook etc.

Process All Windows Messages Generated By A Compact Framework Application

Hoepfully someone can shed some light on a problem - I am trying to listen to\intercept all windows messages generated by an application and dispose of certain types, for example Notify or Gesture messages.
I have been reading articals on how to do this using the Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.MessageWindow and creating a class which inherits this, overrides the WndProc method but I have been unalbe to get this start listening\watching the message queue automatically when the application starts.
I know it is possible to do this with the OpenNetCF framework and the Application2 namespace however I would prefer not to use 3rd party software at the moment - no offence to the OpenNetCF guys.
Hopefully this makes sense. Also, i am using C#2.0 and Windows Mobile 6.5.
Thanks for your help,
Morris
The solution, then, is pretty simple - all you have to do is spend your time duplicating what the Smart Device Framework code is doing.
You need to create your own message pump via P/Invokes to GetMessage, TranslateMessage and DispatchMessage (it will look just like it does in C). Use this pump instead of calling Application.Run (so there can be no calls to Application.Run in your application).
Inside that new message pump insert your filtering logic.