DLL Call

[onestcoder]

How can i do a dll call in autoit like this example from C#

C#

[DllImport("FFACE.dll", EntryPoint = "GetSpellRecast")]
public static extern short SpellRecast(eSpellList index);

[Nahuel]

how about DllCall()?

[DW1]

why did you post THREE!!!!! times???

that is a sure fired way to get a bunch of smart ass answers instead of useful answers.

[SmOke_N]

why did you post THREE!!!!! times???

that is a sure fired way to get a bunch of smart ass answers instead of useful answers.

I'm quite sure he didn't intend to post it 3 times, if you look at the times of posts, they were really close together which means he probably had a lag in posting.

@OP, I deleted the other two.

[onestcoder]

how about DllCall()?

My dsl was acting up and I didnt know is posted until it was to late

[DW1]

My dsl was acting up and I didnt know is posted until it was to late

Don't mind me, I'm just an ass...

Every now and then, we get somebody double posting, thinking, somehow this will get them an answer quicker.

Since you were not doing that, I am sorry for jumping to conclusions

[timgames]

*snip* already found it sorry

Edited December 23, 2007 by timgames

[onestcoder]

i get a value of "0" when i should get "782"

$dll = DllOpen("FFACE.dll")
$result = DllCall($dll, "int", "GetPlayerHPMax")
msgbox(0, "", $result[0])  ; number of chars returned
DllClose($dll)

[MrCreatoR]

i get a value of "0"

Try this:

$dll = DllOpen("FFACE.dll")
$result = DllCall($dll, "int", "GetPlayerHPMax", "int", 0, "int", 0)
msgbox(0, "", $result[0])  ; number of chars returned
DllClose($dll)

But i am not sure, i can not test it, also because i don't have FFACE.dll.

[onestcoder]

I tried it but the code you provided just stalled and closed. Then i tried it with int:cdecl and it still came back as "0"

I read used PE Explore on the dll and found that it entry point is "10002DF0h" and the index is "105" can i use this information?

Edited January 7, 2008 by onestcoder

[Insomniac]

i get a value of "0" when i should get "782"

I am assuming it has to do with this http://calamity-ls.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DLL/project.

As I have no active FFXI subscription at the moment, I cannot fully test it, but try this.

$dll = DllOpen("FFACE.dll")

$running = DllCall($dll, "int", "InitFFACE") ;Initialize the DLL. Will return false if FFXI isnt running.
if @error = 0 Then ; Check for errors
    if $running[0] Then ;Check to see if FFXI is running.
        $result = DllCall($dll, "int", "GetPlayerHPMax") ;If it is, lets call our function.
        if @error= 0 Then 
            MsgBox(0, "", $result[0])  ;Display our Max HP
        EndIf
    Else
        MsgBox(0, "Couldnt Find FFXI", "FFXI Is NOT Running")  ; FFXI wasnt running, lets inform ourselves :)
    EndIf
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Some Error Occured", "@error = " + @error) ; An error occured, lets display the error number.
EndIf

DllClose($dll)

Edited January 7, 2008 by Insomniac

[onestcoder]

I am assuming it has to do with this http://calamity-ls.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page DLL/project.

As I have no active FFXI subscription at the moment, I cannot fully test it, but try this.

$dll = DllOpen("FFACE.dll")

$running = DllCall($dll, "int", "InitFFACE") ;Initialize the DLL. Will return false if FFXI isnt running.
if @error = 0 Then ; Check for errors
    if $running[0] Then ;Check to see if FFXI is running.
        $result = DllCall($dll, "int", "GetPlayerHPMax") ;If it is, lets call our function.
        if @error= 0 Then 
            MsgBox(0, "", $result[0])  ;Display our Max HP
        EndIf
    Else
        MsgBox(0, "Couldnt Find FFXI", "FFXI Is NOT Running")  ; FFXI wasnt running, lets inform ourselves :)
    EndIf
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Some Error Occured", "@error = " + @error) ; An error occured, lets display the error number.
EndIf

DllClose($dll)

I gave this a try and I didnt get an error, but it still returns a "0"

[Insomniac]

I gave this a try and I didnt get an error, but it still returns a "0"

Damn, now I gotta reactivate my FFXI account, just to try and fix this.....

[onestcoder]

Damn, now I gotta reactivate my FFXI account, just to try and fix this.....

the VB.net code looks like this: i dont know it this helps.

Public Declare Ansi Function HPMax Lib "FFACE.dll" Alias "GetPlayerHPMax" () As Integer

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Edited January 7, 2008 by onestcoder

[Insomniac]

after a few hours of patching FFXI I finally got up and running.

Ran my version of the script once, and it output the expected number (108 I think it was, yes my char is a noob^^)

One last thing to check: Did you make sure you got the latest version of the DLL and that you were actually logged in to the game properly?

[onestcoder]

after a few hours of patching FFXI I finally got up and running.

Ran my version of the script once, and it output the expected number (108 I think it was, yes my char is a noob^^)

One last thing to check: Did you make sure you got the latest version of the DLL and that you were actually logged in to the game properly?

I have the right version of the dll, but I use Windower Version 3.3 to log into FFXI. I was fully logged in. How did you log in?

[Insomniac]

I have the right version of the dll, but I use Windower Version 3.3 to log into FFXI. I was fully logged in. How did you log in?

the "normal" way, through POL

[onestcoder]

the "normal" way, through POL

I got it working Wooot!! Thank You Insomniac.

HAve you had a chance to look at the GetTarGetName function.

Is there away to get the text back? I don't understand the buffer ref int size...

[DllImport("FFACE.dll", EntryPoint = "GetTargetName")]
public static extern void sName(byte[] buffer, ref int size);
 
public static string Name()
{
    int s = 20;
    byte[] b = new byte[21];
    sName(b, ref s);
    return System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(b, 0, s - 1);
}

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[onestcoder]

IS this were the DllCallbackRegister is used?