WinAPIInternals.au3 error (629,16)

[AutoitMike]

I found some neat functions and one of them needs "Includes" that I do not have in my "Include" folder.

I copied a few from GitHub.com that appear to work, But I get an error when attempting to use WinAPIInternals.au3

The error is on line 629, character 16:

628 Func __Iif($bTest, $vTrue, $vFalse)
629     Return $bTest ? $vTrue : $vFalse
630 EndFunc   ;==>__Iif

The 16th character is the question mark. I never seen this used, it looks like it needs to be:

628 Func __Iif($bTest, $vTrue, $vFalse)
629     Return $bTest, $vTrue : $vFalse
630 EndFunc   ;==>__Iif

But that is wrong also.

I cant find anywhere else to get WinApIInternals.au3

Thanks for any help

[Danp2]

What version of AutoIt are you using? It sounds like you are using an older version that doesn't support the ternary operator.

[AutoitMike]

Im using 3.3.8.1

 

[Danp2]

So that would explain why the ternary operator isn't recognized. 🤣

Why such an old version? Are you still on WinXP?!

[pixelsearch]

Please note that even if OP is still on XP, the last release 3.3.16.1 (Sept 2022) is fully compatible with XP Service Pack 3

[Danp2]

Good to know. I was thinking that support from XP had been previously dropped.

[Nine]

Before ternary op was introduced, there was a _Iif function in Misc UDF.  (if I remember correctly)

[AutoitMike]

Thanks for the info. I thought that there was an error in the code.

I got it from github

This is a simple code change I can make.

 

[AutoitMike]

OK,

Now I have a different error in WinAPISys.au3:

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\WinAPISys.au3(1141,48) : WARNING: $STR_STRIPLEADING: possibly used before declaration.

Here is the code inside of WinAPISys:

1138 Func _WinAPI_GetModuleHandleEx($sModule, $iFlags = 0)
1139    Local $sTypeOfModule = 'ptr'
1140    If IsString($sModule) Then
1141        If StringStripWS($sModule, $STR_STRIPLEADING + $STR_STRIPTRAILING) Then
1142            $sTypeOfModule = 'wstr'
1143        Else
1144            $sModule = 0
1145        EndIf
1146    EndIf

1148    Local $aRet = DllCall('kernel32.dll', 'bool', 'GetModuleHandleExW', 'dword', $iFlags, $sTypeOfModule, $sModule, 'ptr*', 0)
1149    If @error Or Not $aRet[0] Then Return SetError(@error, @extended, 0)
    ; If Not $aRet[0] Then Return SetError(1000, 0, 0)

1152    Return $aRet[3]
1153 EndFunc

Maybe I just need to declare $STR_STRIPLEADING ?

[OJBakker]

$STR_STRIPLEADING and $STR_STRIPTRAILING are declared in standard include "StringConstants.au3". The standard include file "WinAPISys.au3" has includes that include the "StringConstants.au3". So if you use the standard includes from the latest autoit version the syntax error you have should not occur.

 

[pixelsearch]

Hi AutoitMike
Something goes wrong in your AutoIt installation and I'm afraid several AutoIt versions are mixed in the same installation folder.

On 10/20/2022 at 6:25 PM, AutoitMike said:

Im using 3.3.8.1

 

3 hours ago, AutoitMike said:

OK,

Now I have a different error in WinAPISys.au3:

C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\Include\WinAPISys.au3(1141,48) : WARNING: $STR_STRIPLEADING: possibly used before declaration.

Here is the code inside of WinAPISys:

1138 Func _WinAPI_GetModuleHandleEx($sModule, $iFlags = 0)
1139    Local $sTypeOfModule = 'ptr'
1140    If IsString($sModule) Then
1141        If StringStripWS($sModule, $STR_STRIPLEADING + $STR_STRIPTRAILING) Then

1) AutoIt 3.3.8.1 was released on January 2012 and there was no WinAPISys.au3 file in it (just re-checked). In this version, there was only a huge file named WinApi.au3 (375Kb) which will be splitted into plenty of files named WinAPIxxxxx.au3 in a future release.

2) WinAPISys.au3 appears later, starting "autoit-v3.3.10.0 (invasion of Yashied WinApiEx func)" released on December 2013, but even there, the lines inside this file don't match yours. Below are lines 1138-1141 from WinAPISys.au3, version 3.3.10.0 :

1138 ; Modified.......: Jpm
1139 ; ===============================================================================================================================
1140 Func _WinAPI_GetModuleHandleEx($sModule, $iFlags = 0)
1141    Local $TypeOfModule = 'ptr'

3) Your lines are found starting "autoit-v3.3.14.0" released on July 2015 :

1138 Func _WinAPI_GetModuleHandleEx($sModule, $iFlags = 0)
1139    Local $sTypeOfModule = 'ptr'
1140    If IsString($sModule) Then
1141        If StringStripWS($sModule, $STR_STRIPLEADING + $STR_STRIPTRAILING) Then

I suggest you'd make a clean installation of AutoIt, probably deleting before everything that's found in your installation folder, then installing the lastest official release.

After that, if some of your scripts won't work correctly (because include files have changed through the years) then you'll have to adapt your scripts to the last release. Also many AutoIt & UDF bugs have been fixed through the years. If you don't do that, I'm afraid you'll often find the kind of issues you described.

If another reader got a different opinion, please share your thoughts here.
Good luck