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29/04/1999 13:21:08
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Miscellaneous
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00213418
Message ID:
00213544
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>>>>Is there a class out there that will convert datatypes from vfp to standard dll/(c/c++) datatypes. For instance...
>>>>
>>>>ulong
>>>>pStr
>>>>etc...
>>>>
>>>
>>>What do you need to do? Simple data types declared via DECLARE DLL are converted by VFP for you; you need to know a good deal more to handle structures and pointers. You might want to look at Paul Tatavu's POINTERS class and my CLSHEAP class, which both provide mechanisms for doing some of the conversions and allocations needed to interface C-style .DLLs with VFP.
>>
>>Thanx for a fast reply...
>>
>>
>>I need to call a function that is defined like this:
>>
>>ULONG PacketGetAdapterNames(PTSTR pStr, PULONG pSize)
>>
>>I can get it to work in Visual Basic, and even Access(scary!) but not in VFP...
>>
>>Both Arguments should be passed by reference.
>>
>>In VFP:
>>
>>declare PacketGetAdapterNames in c:\newpack.dll string @ long @
>
>
DECLARE INTEGER PacketGetAdapterNames IN c:\NEWPACK.DLL ;
>   STRING @ Arg1, ;
>   INTEGER @ Arg2
>
>You forgot to declare the return type, and left out the comma separating the arguments in the DECLARE...DLL; the revised one should do what you want.
>
>>and then:
>>mike = PacketGetAdapterNames(@buf,@namelength)
>>and VFP returns:
>>"Too Many Arguments."


Great! Thanks alot...

I got something back from (namelength) but not (buf)... Am I correct in assumeing that buf is a pointer? And would the pointer class work in this instance?


Thanx again,


Michael Mead
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