DLL newbie: failing to use blat.dll

[rudi 34]

Hi.

If I did read the documentation for _inetsmtpmail() correctly, there is no possibility to set the priority to high, nor to attach files, right?

So I was wondering to use BLAT instead, as I did before, but this time I wanted to use BLAT.DLL instead of BLAT.EXE

Working with DLLs is quite new to me...

BLAT.EXE is working fine, but requires a fileinstall(). Therefore I was doing some testing to use BLAT.DLL instead, as it can be called from memory by using

I derived my dllcall() from this posting at the autohotkey forum.

$DLL = "C:\temp\blat.dll"
$EXE = "C:\temp\blat.exe"

$teststring = '-subject "see logfile attached" -to admin@10.27.1.5 -attach c:\ds4700-error.log -body "Check attached log file for new errors!" -server 10.27.1.5 -f blat@10.27.4.6 -priority 1'

$result = RunWait($EXE & " " & $teststring) ; this works fine.
ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF) ; returns 0

$result = DllCall($DLL, "str", "send", "str", $teststring)  ; this doesn't work
ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF) ; returns 0 as well??

What do I miss? (propably something extremly basic, I guess....)

Regards, Rudi.

[rudi 34]

Hi.

Are you sure that you have the right return type in the DllCall?

Although a DllCall would be easier, have you looked at this UDF?

I'll read up that one, too. Thanks!

EDIT: I believe the return type should be "int".

Exacty!

; [snip]
$result = DllCall($DLL, "int", "send", "str", $teststring)  ; this DOES work
ConsoleWrite($result & @CRLF)

How to investigate the return type, a DLL will give back?

And another Q: BLAT.DLL opens a CMD line box for 1-2 seconds: How to suppress that one? DLLCall() doesn't offer an option to specify @SW_HIDE...

Regards, Rudi.

Edited December 20, 2010 by rudi

[Zedna 301]

If I did read the documentation for _inetsmtpmail() correctly, there is no possibility to set the priority to high, nor to attach files, right?

So I was wondering to use BLAT instead, as I did before, but this time I wanted to use BLAT.DLL instead of BLAT.EXE

You are wrong!

_inetsmtpmail() supports attachments and also Importance of mail.

Priority can be easily added too, see my today's post in UDF's topic.

[rudi 34]

You are wrong!

_inetsmtpmail() supports attachments and also Importance of mail.

Priority can be easily added too, see my today's post in UDF's topic.

Hm: Reading up the Autoit 3.3.6.1 documentation once more, for _INetSmtpMail() I honestly cannot see anything covering attachments or importance (priority)....

Your UDF is already downloaded, on my way to use it

I do not get the meaning of the URLs you address within your UDF:

$objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item ("<URL>") = ...
<URLs:>
http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver
http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport
...

What do they do?

I found this one at MSDN, but don't really understand it...

Is that something like the "about: ..." URLs for firefox?

Is a certain IE version required?

Thanks for sharing that UDF, regards, Rudi.

Edited December 20, 2010 by rudi

[Zedna 301]

You don't need to understand inner workings, just use it. It works well.

[rudi 34]

You don't need to understand inner workings, just use it. It works well.

need != want

Never mind, Rudi.

[Zedna 301]

Your UDF is already downloaded, on my way to use it

...

Thanks for sharing that UDF, regards, Rudi.

It's not my UDF ;-)

[rudi 34]

OK.

Thanks Zedna JOS, for sharing that UDF

Regards, Rudi.

PS: still curious, what these URL type thing is basically for...

[iamtheky 927]

this one may be a little more helpful

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms870485%28v=EXCHG.65%29.aspx

[rudi 34]

this one may be a little more helpful

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms870485%28v=EXCHG.65%29.aspx

Thanks! Rudi.