return type od Dll Call

[oMBRa]

the return type of a dll call can be choose by me?, I mean can I use the one I want?

[Andreik]

the return type of a dll call can be choose by me?, I mean can I use the one I want?

I think that you cannot choose the returned type of a dll but you can change type of variable after DllCall.

[BrettF]

It's all in the help file if you cared to take 30 seconds to read the page on DllCall. I suggest if you are not as far as the help file you cease and desist, cause if you add DllCalls, things become much harder.

Syntax is:

DllCall ( "dll", "return type", "function" [, "type1", param1 [, "type n", param n]] )

2nd parameter- The return type of the function. Returns string, Int, double, float, whatever takes your pick.

Now we skip to an example.

$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
$result = DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetWindowText", "hwnd", $hwnd, "str", "", "int", 32768)
msgbox(0, "", $result[0])  ; number of chars returned
msgbox(0, "", $result[2])  ; Text returned in param 2

This returns a value specified in the return type...

Overall, its a hard concept to grasp, so good luck.

Cheers,

Brett

[oMBRa]

I got it, I had only some doubts

[Andreik]

It's all in the help file if you cared to take 30 seconds to read the page on DllCall. I suggest if you are not as far as the help file you cease and desist, cause if you add DllCalls, things become much harder.

Syntax is:

DllCall ( "dll", "return type", "function" [, "type1", param1 [, "type n", param n]] )

2nd parameter- The return type of the function. Returns string, Int, double, float, whatever takes your pick.

Now we skip to an example.

$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
$result = DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "GetWindowText", "hwnd", $hwnd, "str", "", "int", 32768)
msgbox(0, "", $result[0]) ; number of chars returned
msgbox(0, "", $result[2]) ; Text returned in param 2

This returns a value specified in the return type...

Overall, its a hard concept to grasp, so good luck.

Cheers,

Brett

I understood that he want to know if it`s possible to choose returned type of DllCall.

So the best method is to experiment.

In this example if you change "int" with "str" then will get an error:

$hwnd = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]")
$result = DllCall("user32.dll", "str", "GetWindowText", "hwnd", $hwnd, "str", "", "int", 32768)
msgbox(0, "", $result[0]) ; number of chars returned
msgbox(0, "", $result[2]) ; Text returned in param 2

But some type will work well like "byte"

[BrettF]

I still have no idea what he really wants. Maybe he should post the dll and function and parameters + types ETC so we can better teach him. But as I found with BASS.dll the provided types sometimes lie

[Andreik]

I still have no idea what he really wants. Maybe he should post the dll and function and parameters + types ETC so we can better teach him. But as I found with BASS.dll the provided types sometimes lie

I agree. He should post the dll so all will be more clearly.

[oMBRa]

my question didnt regard a specific dll, it was only a general one, but nevermind I got it...