DllCall Frustrations!

[Jamie]

Hi,

I'm having a lot of trouble calling a DLL someone wrote for me. I've included the code below. Basically, the DLL appears to open up ok - but @error is always set to '1' when I call DllCall for the function I need to invoke.

The definition of the function in the DLL is:

int _getChecksum( HWND hwnd, int x, int y, int width, int height, int color);

My code is as follows:

$windowName="Admin";

If WinExists($windowName) Then
    If Not WinActive($windowName) Then 
        WinActivate($windowName)
    EndIf
        
    $dll = DllOpen("PixChecksum.dll");
    
    If $dll >= 0 Then
        $hwnd = WinGetHandle($windowName);
        
        $checksum = DllCall( $dll, "int", "_getChecksum", "hwnd", $hwnd, "int", 4, "int", 4, "int", 4, "int", 4, "int", 255);
        
        If @error == 1 Then
            msgbox(0, 'Error', 'Failed to call function');
        Else
            MsgBox(0, 'Success', 'Result: ' & $checksum);
        EndIf
        
        DllClose($dll);
    Else
        MsgBox(0, 'Error', 'Could not open DLL');
    EndIf
EndIf

Am I doing anything obviously wrong here ? I've been over and over the code and just cannot see an error with my call...

Any help would be gratefully received!

Thanks,

Jamie.

[jpm]

difficult to help you without the .dll and the specification of the parameter and the return Value :">

[Jamie]

difficult to help you without the .dll and the specification of the parameter and the return Value :">

The params are as posted above:

int _getChecksum( HWND hwnd, int x, int y, int width, int height, int color);

The DLL is attached.

Thanks for the response.

Jamie.

PixChecksum.zip

Edited February 14, 2006 by Jamie

[Jamie]

More info... I tried adding a dummy 'test' function that is really cut down - and that fails to call also.

The line calling the function is:

$checksum = DllCall( $dll, "int", "testCall", "int", 5 );

The function definition in C++ looks like this:

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define EXPORT extern "C" __declspec (dllexport)
#else
#define EXPORT __declspec (dllexport)
#endif

EXPORT int CALLBACK testCall( int );

EXPORT int CALLBACK testCall( int myInt )
{
    return myInt * 2;
}

Does this shed any further light ?

Regards,

Jamie.

[poisonkiller]

How can i read a .dll anyway???

[Jamie]

How can i read a .dll anyway???

I put the C++ source in a previous post for the DLL ?

Or do are you referring to the call - if so, I *think* the base post should do the job - but it doesn't - so I'm hoping someone here might be able to spot what's going wrong here...

Cheers,

Jamie.

[Jamie]

CALLBACK?

LAr.

Hi Larry,

I don't know what that does - the DLL was written for me. Does it look wrong to you ?

Jamie.

[Jamie]

Hi Larry,

I don't know what that does - the DLL was written for me. Does it look wrong to you ?

Jamie.

Hmmm...

Thanks Larry. I took the CALLBACK out and it works fine!

Thanks a load!

Jamie.