I generally don't set my calling conventions, i let the compiler handle that, since it usually does a pretty good job. But i had a problem today, and, uh, it's really wierd. Heres the error message: Debug Error! Program: F:\theEngine\d3dtest\Debug\d3dtest.exe Module: File: i386\chkesp.c Line: 42 The value of ESP was not properly saved across a function call. This is usually a result of calling a function declared with one calling convention with a function pointer declared with a different calling convention. it is caused by this seemingly harmless line of code: if((cube = graph->CreateStaticVB()) == NULL) I have never seen an error like this before, and have no idea how to go about fixing it. Some details that may, or may not help diagnose the problem: graph is a pointer to an interface class, so the pointer actually points to a derived class. the object pointed to by graph was created in a dll, and returned to my program. when i did this previously, i never had this problem. neither the interface nor the implementing class has calling conventions declared on any of the functions. I hope someone knows what to do here, i'm stumped. Thanks personwholives

i removed a few functions from the interface and combined two classes into this one. neither of these should have affected this. graph is a valid pointer, the code in the program did not change, just whats in the dll. Also, the return value is a pointer to a class, not an array or anything like that. Thats all the info i have.

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