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    call dll

    hi all.

    question: how to call or load a own or existing *.dll ?

    test example:

    [code=thinbasic]' Empty GUI script created on 11-28-2009 23:06:59 by (ThinAIR)
    uses "console"
    '----- example one:

    Dim MyCmd As String
    Dim MyStr As String
    Dim MyDLL as string
    Dim MyNum As EXT

    '-------- ok
    MyCmd = "mid$"
    Call MyCmd ("lionBasic", 4, 3) To Mystr
    MSGBOX 0, Mystr
    MyCmd = "sin"
    Call MyCmd (0.75) To MyNum
    MSGBOX 0, MyNum

    '----------- not ok
    MyDLL = "lionbasic.dll"
    call myDll ("c:\lionbasic.dll")
    call mydll (1.24) to MyNum
    msgbox 0, MyNum

    [/code]

    thanks. best regards, frank
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    Re: call dll

    To use functions or subs inside an external DLL you have to declare the syntax of the functions using DECLARE ... statement. That's all.
    Once you have declared a function that resides into an external dll, you can use as native.

    It is like declaring Widows API functions, nothing different. At the end, all Windows API are contained in standard dlls.

    In your example here you are not declaring any external function but you are using the dynamic functionalities of CALL statement. But that has nothing to do with external dll function.
    Please check DECLARE statement in help: http://www.thinbasic.com/public/prod...ml/declare.htm

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    Re: call dll

    Hi Franck,

    in your own script you posted in the topic below, you made two declares at the beginning of your code.

    http://community.thinbasic.com/index.php?topic=2985.0

    Cheers
    Michael

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    Re: call dll

    thank you both. Yes I see, but I have thought there might be another way to include "*.dll" into thinbasic script, because I have found one of these examples from early time at the board.

    this was important for me for handling:

    [code=thinbasic] Declare Function LoadLibrary Lib "KERNEL32.DLL" _
    Alias "LoadLibraryA" _ '
    ( ByVal lpLibFileName As ASCIIZ ) As Long '

    hLib = LoadLibrary( "User32.dll" ) [/code]

    I seldom uses these function so I am not very familiar with it.

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    Re: call dll

    LoadLibrary function is an API function to be used only if you want to do all by manual.
    Than you need to use GetProcAddress to get a PTR to a function inside the library you just loaded with LoadLibrary.
    Than you need to call that function, passing relevant params according to function syntax.

    All the above is done automatically by thinBasic if you just correctly declare the function you need.
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    Re: call dll

    And i posted that because i though you wanted to know how to do the declaration in general. The way you did it there is the optimal way. Use the declare command. The loadlibrary and getprocadress api is more usefull if you work with plugins and stuff like that. If i want to interface with know functions at build time. I create the declare statement and use the command directly.

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    Re: call dll

    hi all, michael, eros.

    ok, I have understood! Here's a good example using for example "kernel32.dll" with thinbasic: a disk information viewer example, very useful!

    [code=thinbasic]
    uses "File", "ui"

    Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib "KERNEL32.DLL" Alias "GetLogicalDriveStringsA" _
    ( _
    ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _
    lpBuffer As Asciiz _
    ) As Long
    DECLARE FUNCTION GetVolumeInformation LIB "KERNEL32.DLL" ALIAS "GetVolumeInformationA" _
    ( _
    lpRootPathName AS ASCIIZ, _
    lpVolumeNameBuffer AS ASCIIZ, _
    BYVAL nVolumeNameSize AS DWORD, _
    lpVolumeSerialNumber AS DWORD, _
    lpMaximumComponentLength AS DWORD, _
    lpFileSystemFlags AS DWORD, _
    lpFileSystemNameBuffer AS ASCIIZ, _
    BYVAL nFileSystemNameSize AS DWORD _
    ) AS LONG

    DECLARE FUNCTION GetDriveType LIB "KERNEL32.DLL" ALIAS "GetDriveTypeA" (nDrive AS ASCIIZ) AS DWORD


    Global hDlg As Long
    Global lZStr As String * 1024

    %CMB_DRIVES = %WM_USER + 1
    %LBL_DRIVETYPE = %WM_USER + 2
    %CHK_CASE_PRESERVED = %WM_USER + 3
    %CHK_CASE_SENSITIVE = %WM_USER + 4
    %CHK_UNICODE = %WM_USER + 5
    %CHK_ACLS = %WM_USER + 6
    %CHK_FILE_COMPRESSION = %WM_USER + 7
    %CHK_VOL_COMPRESSED = %WM_USER + 8
    %LBL_VOLNAME = %WM_USER + 9
    %LBL_VOLSERIAL = %WM_USER + 10
    %LBL_MAXFILEN = %WM_USER + 11
    %LBL_FILFLAGS = %WM_USER + 12
    %LBL_FILESYS = %WM_USER + 13
    %LBL_DF = %WM_USER + 14
    %LBL_DT = %WM_USER + 15

    Type VolInfoType
    VolName As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH
    VolSerial As Dword
    FileLength As Dword
    FileSysFlags As Dword
    FileSysName As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH
    DriveType As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH
    lZ As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH
    End Type

    Dim VolInf(100) As VolInfoType
    Dialog NEW 0 ,"Disk Volume Information Viewer",-1,-1,200,220,%DS_MODALFRAME Or %WS_CAPTION Or _
    %WS_SYSMENU Or %WS_MINIMIZEBOX, 0, To HDlg

    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Logical drive strings:", 4, 5, 80, 12
    Control Add ComboBox, hDlg, %CMB_DRIVES,, 85, 4, 100, 60, %CBS_DROPDOWNLIST Or %WS_GROUP Or %WS_TABSTOP Or %WS_VSCROLL
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Drive type:", 4, 20, 40,12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_DRIVETYPE, "", 45, 20, 80,12
    Control Add Frame , hDlg, -1, "Volume Information" , 4, 35, 192, 130
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Volume name:" , 10, 50, 75, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Serial number:" , 10, 60, 75, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Max length filename:", 10, 70, 75, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Flags:" , 10, 80, 75, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "File system:" , 10,150, 75, 12

    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_VOLNAME , "-", 90, 50, 90, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_VOLSERIAL , "", 90, 60, 90, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_MAXFILEN , "", 90, 70, 90, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_FILFLAGS , "", 90, 80, 90, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_FILESYS , "-", 90,150, 90, 12

    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_CASE_PRESERVED , "Case is preserved" , 90, 80, 90, 12
    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_CASE_SENSITIVE , "Case sensitive" , 90, 90, 90, 12
    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_UNICODE , "Can store unicode" , 90,100, 90, 12
    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_ACLS , "Persistent ACLS" , 90,110, 90, 12
    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_FILE_COMPRESSION , "File compression" , 90,120, 90, 12
    Control Add CheckBox, hDlg, %CHK_VOL_COMPRESSED , "Volume is compressed", 90,134, 90, 12

    Control Add Frame , hDlg, -1, "Disk free space" , 4,170,192, 40
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Disk free:" , 10,185, 75, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, -1, "Disk total:" , 10,195, 75, 12

    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_DF, "-" , 90,185, 90, 12
    Control Add Label , hDlg, %LBL_DT, "-" , 90,195, 90, 12

    Dialog Show modeless hDlg

    dim Temp As String
    dim lString As String
    dim lRet As Long
    dim lCnt As Long
    dim lZ As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH

    dim i, OldPause, AboutOn, OldPlay as long

    dim Msg AS LONG
    dim wParam AS LONG
    dim lParam AS LONG


    WHILE IsWindow(hDlg)

    '---Get the message and fill wParam and lParam
    Msg = GetMessage(hDlg, wParam, lParam)


    Select Case Msg

    Case %WM_INITDIALOG
    lZStr = String$(1024,0)
    lRet = GetLogicalDriveStrings (SizeOf(lzStr), lZStr)
    lZStr = Left$(lzStr, lRet)
    For lCnt = 1 To ParseCount (lZStr, Chr$(0)) -1
    lZ = Parse$(lzStr, Chr$(0), lCnt)
    ComboBox Add hDlg, %CMB_DRIVES, lZ
    lRet = GetDriveType (lZ)
    Select Case lRet
    Case %DRIVE_UNKNOWN : Temp = "Cannot be determined"
    Case %DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR : Temp = "Path does not exist"
    Case %DRIVE_REMOVABLE : Temp = "Removable disk"
    Case %DRIVE_FIXED : Temp = "Fixed"
    Case %DRIVE_REMOTE : Temp = "Remote(Network)"
    Case %DRIVE_CDROM : Temp = "CD-Rom"
    Case %DRIVE_RAMDISK : Temp = "RAM Drive"
    Case Else : Temp = "Unknown"
    End Select
    VolInf(lCnt).DriveType = Temp
    GetVolumeInformation lZ, _
    VolInf(lCnt).VolName, _
    SizeOf (VolInf(lCnt).VolName), _
    VolInf(lCnt).VolSerial, _
    VolInf(lCnt).FileLength, _
    VolInf(lCnt).FileSysFlags, _
    VolInf(lCnt).FileSysName, _
    SizeOf(VolInf(lCnt).FileSysName)
    VolInf(lCnt).lZ = lZ
    Next
    Case %WM_COMMAND
    Select Case lowrd(wParam)
    Case %CMB_DRIVES
    If HIwrd(wParam) = %CBN_SELENDOK Then
    ComboBox Get Text hDlg, %CMB_DRIVES To lString
    Control Send hDlg, %CMB_DRIVES, %CB_GETCURSEL, 0, 0 To lRet
    Incr lRet
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_VOLNAME , VolInf(lRet).VolName
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_DRIVETYPE , VolInf(lRet).DriveType
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_VOLSERIAL, Hex$(VolInf(lRet).VolSerial,
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_FILESYS , VolInf(lRet).FileSysName
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_MAXFILEN , Format$(VolInf(lRet).FileLength, "") + " Bytes"
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_CASE_PRESERVED , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_CASE_IS_PRESERVED)
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_CASE_SENSITIVE , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_CASE_SENSITIVE)
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_UNICODE , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_UNICODE_STORED_ON_DISK)
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_ACLS , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_PERSISTENT_ACLS)
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_FILE_COMPRESSION , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_FILE_COMPRESSION)
    Control Set Check hDlg, %CHK_VOL_COMPRESSED , (VolInf(lRet).FileSysFlags And %FS_VOL_IS_COMPRESSED)

    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_DF , Str$(Disk_Free(Left$(VolInf(lRet).lZ,2))\1024) + " Kb"
    Control Set Text hDlg, %LBL_DT , Str$(Disk_Size(Left$(VolInf(lRet).lZ,2))\1024) + " Kb"
    End If
    End Select

    CASE %WM_SYSCOMMAND
    IF wParam = %SC_CLOSE THEN

    EXIT WHILE
    end if

    End Select

    wend[/code]


    best regards, frank
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