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Does anyone know of a way to specify the size of variable?

In VB you can do this:

sUserName = String$(254, 0)

Just curious if anyone knew how to do this? I am working on doing a DllCall and I need to specify the size of variable before I actually do the DllCall.

Thanks.

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Does anyone know of a way to specify the size of variable?

In VB you can do this:

sUserName = String$(254, 0)

Just curious if anyone knew how to do this? I am working on doing a DllCall and I need to specify the size of variable before I actually do the DllCall.

Thanks.

You'll need to work on Structs then.

Look at DllStructCreate()/DllStructSetData()/DllStructGetPtr()/DllStructGetData()

Edit:

Off your example:

Local $tUN = DllStructCreate("char[254]")
Local $aDLL = DllCall("mydll.dll", "str", "my_dll_call", "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tUN))
If @error = 0 Then MsgBox(64, "Return Value", $aDLL[0])
Just pseudo code of course. Edited by SmOke_N

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You'll need to work on Structs then.

Look at DllStructCreate()/DllStructSetData()/DllStructGetPtr()/DllStructGetData()

Edit:

Off your example:

Local $tUN = DllStructCreate("char[254]")
Local $aDLL = DllCall("mydll.dll", "str", "my_dll_call", "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($tUN))
If @error = 0 Then MsgBox(64, "Return Value", $aDLL[0])
Just pseudo code of course.
I am referring to the GetUserNameA or GetUserNameW call that is in advapi32.dll

Here is the definition from Microsoft:

BOOL GetUserName(

LPTSTR lpBuffer,

LPDWORD nSize

);

Parameters

lpBuffer

[out] Pointer to the buffer to receive the null-terminated string containing the user's logon name. If this buffer is not large enough to contain the entire user name, the function fails. A buffer size of (UNLEN + 1) characters will hold the maximum length user name including the terminating null character. UNLEN is defined in Lmcons.h.

nSize

[in, out] On input, this variable specifies the size of the lpBuffer buffer, in TCHARs. On output, the variable receives the number of TCHARs copied to the buffer, including the terminating null character.

If lpBuffer is too small, the function fails and GetLastError returns ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER. This parameter receives the required buffer size, including the terminating null character.

If this parameter is greater than 32767, the function fails and GetLastError returns ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER.

This is the code I am running, which I am sure is wrong, but when I run it autoit simply crashes:

Local $UserName = DllStructCreate("chr[254]")

    DllCall("advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserNameW", "str", $UserName, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($UserName))
Edited by MattWise

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I am referring to the GetUserNameA or GetUserNameW call that is in advapi32.dll

Here is the definition from Microsoft:

This is the code I am running, which I am sure is wrong, but when I run it autoit simply crashes:

Local $UserName = DllStructCreate("chr[254]")

    DllCall("advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserNameW", "str", $UserName, "ptr", DllStructGetPtr($UserName))
What's wrong with @UserName macro?

Anyway:

MsgBox(0, 0, "AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF:        " & _GetUserName("A"))
    
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, "str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFunc
The parameter is blank or A for ansi and W for wide.

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What's wrong with @UserName macro?

Anyway:

MsgBox(0, 0, "AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF:        " & _GetUserName("A"))
    
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, "str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFuncoÝ÷ Ù8^¥ªÚë^®+©ä¢°¢¶§²&§ugè¯{ú®¢×¡ë'ßÛp¢¹0ØjºVªê-jëh×6MsgBox(0, 0, "AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF Blank:        " & _GetUserName() & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF W:        " & _GetUserName("W") & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF A:        " & _GetUserName("A"))
   
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, "str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFunc

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Doesn't work with "W":

One of these days, I've got to figure out how it works at all!

W is for wide char, wouldn't expect it to show in a message box.

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W is for wide char, wouldn't expect it to show in a message box.

Ah, so. I knew what the W meant, but thought the API and AutoIt already handled them interchangeably. Thanks.

:)

P.S. ConsoleWrite() converts binary and everything else, but doesn't like it either. How would you display the user name string when retrieved in W characters?

ConsoleWrite("AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("AutoIt UDF Blank: " & _GetUserName() & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("AutoIt UDF W:     " & _GetUserName("W") & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("AutoIt UDF A:     " & _GetUserName("A") & @LF)
   
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, "str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFunc
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Does anyone know of a way to specify the size of variable?

In VB you can do this:

sUserName = String$(254, 0)
I saw someone just use AutoIt's "StringRegExpReplace" function to do this. But another way might be to use a hidden or other input field prewritten with spaces or something, and then use GUICtrlSetLimit to give the input control a minimum and maximum string-length value, and use GUICtrlRead to get the qualified string. Edited by Squirrely1

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P.S. ConsoleWrite() converts binary and everything else, but doesn't like it either. How would you display the user name string when retrieved in W characters?

For Wide char you have to use the wstr instead of str. Like here:

MsgBox(0, 0, "AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF Blank:        " & _GetUserName() & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF W:        " & _GetUserName("W") & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF A:        " & _GetUserName("A"))
   
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, StringLeft($sAnsi,$sAnsi="W")&"str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFunc

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For Wide char you have to use the wstr instead of str. Like here:

MsgBox(0, 0, "AutoIt Macro:     " & @UserName & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF Blank:        " & _GetUserName() & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF W:        " & _GetUserName("W") & @CRLF & _
    "AutoIt UDF A:        " & _GetUserName("A"))
   
Func _GetUserName($sAnsi = "")
    $sAnsi = StringUpper($sAnsi)
    Local $tlpnSize = DllStructCreate("dword[255]")
    Local $aDLL = DllCall("Advapi32.dll", "int", "GetUserName" & $sAnsi, StringLeft($sAnsi,$sAnsi="W")&"str", "", "dword*", DllStructGetPtr($tlpnSize))
    If @error Then Return SetError(@error, 0, 0)
    Return $aDLL[1]
EndFunc
Thanks for the clarification.

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SmOke_N Wrote:

What's wrong with @UserName macro?

The reason I'm not using the @UserName macro is I am running an elevated piece of code. If you use the @UserName function it returns the elevated user name not the logged in user name. But after some testing the GetUserName call returns the elevated user name as well. Does anyone know how to just return the logged in user?

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The reason I'm not using the @UserName macro is I am running an elevated piece of code. If you use the @UserName function it returns the elevated user name not the logged in user name. But after some testing the GetUserName call returns the elevated user name as well. Does anyone know how to just return the logged in user?

Well if you are using RunAsSet() or runas, I would expect the elevated username to be returned. Store the current username BEFORE you elevate permissions...

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