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    dll?

    Hi all,

    Will any version of alpha call a dll? i am not finding this answer.
    Dave Mason
    [email protected]
    Skype is dave.mason46

    #2
    Re: dll?

    Dave,

    Are you referring to maybe an API call which uses methods in which to use Windows dlls? The code archive has a few references mostly made by Marcel K. I have done a very tiny bit with it but again mostly with Marcel's help....and he may very well be gone now unless the runtime pricing changes :( . There was a thread with some API references also. IF this is indeed even what you are referring to.
    Mike
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      #3
      Re: dll?

      mike,

      Kinda and I guess it might work, but I was not thinking of an indirect way, but a way to directly call a dll that has functions like:

      xzy = call."curdrive+"\"+curdir+"\"+puur.dll" -raster(132,368,y)

      Raster being a function embedded in the purr.dll

      Make sense? No, this probably would not be the right syntax, but an example.

      Another way would be to include a dll at start of alphaDB and all the functions in the dll would show up like the aex files do now.
      Dave Mason
      [email protected]
      Skype is dave.mason46

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        #4
        Re: dll?

        I sorta thought it went beyond what has been discussed on the messageboard....but I think Marcel would be the one who could more definitively let you know what can and cannot be done and has a seemingly good background in VB so you would have common ground there as well...he is the only one so far I have seen that will spend the time to convert existing VB API calls into xBasic. And he has a few times stated that it is never for the faint of heart as can take a bit of time even for him.
        Mike
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        It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
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          #5
          Re: dll?

          In clipper, we just included the function and dll name and when it was compiled, it all went together in the exe as an ovl file.

          VB(my memory slips sometimes) I THINK we had to include the dll as a file and call the dll at runtime.

          Most just call the runtime at runtime.
          Dave Mason
          [email protected]
          Skype is dave.mason46

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            #6
            Re: dll?

            http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ad.php?t=64478

            Marcell has posted a simple script that can burn cd's using a dll. Take a look at it for some ideas on dll usage.
            Andrew

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              #7
              Re: dll?

              that could get me on the right path.

              Thanks
              Dave Mason
              [email protected]
              Skype is dave.mason46

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                #8
                Re: dll?

                Dave,

                What do you need? Can you show me the dll and function you want to use and the parameters? Does it looks like this?

                Code:
                'Xbasic
                declare hid HidD_FreePreparsedData LL
                 
                'VBA
                'Public Declare Function HidD_FreePreparsedData _
                '    Lib "hid.dll" _
                '    (ByRef PreparsedData As Long) _
                'As Long
                Link1

                Link2
                Marcel

                I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
                ---- Confusius ----

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                  #9
                  Re: dll?

                  Marcell,

                  Thank you. There is no exact one right now, but I have a dll on the way made in c that I would need to use some functions in. It is a win 32 function and doesn't use anything strange.

                  You just pass it a string with numbers and characters and it returns a number.

                  It works kind of like: pymtonapr(bal as n, term as n, apr as n, dtf as c) would work in alpha.

                  I think You gave me the answers in your post. Too bad we can't directly call dll's, but I guess we can't compile either. Oh well.
                  Dave Mason
                  [email protected]
                  Skype is dave.mason46

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                    #10
                    Re: dll?

                    Hi Dave,

                    Originally posted by DaveM View Post
                    Too bad we can't directly call dll's
                    Sure we can, unless your definition of calling a DLL is different than mine.

                    It just requires that you specify the correct declare statement (and possibly declarestruct) in XBasic. As long as you don't use variant parameters and a few other types, it works with most DLL's, particularly if you are generating the DLL and have control of the parameter types.
                    Regards,

                    Ira J. Perlow
                    Computer Systems Design


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                      #11
                      Re: dll?

                      Hi Dave,

                      Ira is right.

                      Code:
                      declare hid HidD_FreePreparsedData LL
                      Is a declaration to hid.dll and an extrernal function in that dll with name HidD_FreePreparsedData and one parameter (second L). The functions returns (first L) a L (long 32 bit number).

                      You use it as:

                      Code:
                      dim T as N
                      dim P as N
                      T = HidD_FreePreparsedData(P)


                      Just an example.
                      Marcel

                      I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
                      ---- Confusius ----

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                        #12
                        Re: dll?

                        Thank both of you guys.
                        Dave Mason
                        [email protected]
                        Skype is dave.mason46

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