help with dllcall

[devilyn 0]

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) char** test()
{
static char* myArray[3] = {"A1", "BB2", "CC3"};
return myArray;
}

im trying to get the array from the function above using dllcall

this is what i got so far

Global $sum = DllCall('DllExport.dll', 'str', 'test')
If @error then MsgBox(0,"e",@error)
_ArrayDisplay($sum)

dll is attached.

thx

DllExport.7z

Edited February 14, 2013 by devilyn

[Mat 365]

Problems:

• Return type is not 'str'
• You are using the cdecl calling convention, so your return type would be 'ptr:cdecl'
• AutoIt can't use your dll as you've attached anyway. I suspect that means its not a native dll.
• I suspect when you close the dll you'll lose the static variable.

Unfortunately I don't have access to a compiler to rewrite your dll at the moment.

You shouldn't allocate memory from within the dll function anyway, its standard practice that the caller should allocate and free the memory. Trying to work with an array of C strings is going to be tricky anyway, perhaps a callback function for each item would be a better approach.

[Mat 365]

You know, I don't actually know how to compile a dll to MZ format. How did you do that?

You learn something new every day. I never knew that PE dlls kept the MZ magic number

Edited February 14, 2013 by Mat