Re: Non-COM funtions in DLLs

My idea is that to investigate how VB call a static function with OLE
Automation SDK. Just now I have realized how to convert IUnknown
(oleautomation compatible) to IDispatch interface. The same could be done
with a static function.

Vitaly Shelest


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Hastings" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.windows.devel.jawin
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 10:06 AM
Subject: Re: Non-COM funtions in DLLs


> Yes,
> jSegue should be able to support this. There's no documentation yet on
> how to do it, but if Maxym is interested he can post a request to the
jSegue
> help forum and I'll respond.
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger I Martin PhD" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [JAWIN] Non-COM funtions in DLLs
>
>
> > Interesting.  There is more info in the dll and entries than in a vendor
> > supplied header( with lib) file?  The reason I think about the header
and
> > lib file is that it is the vendor supplied interface to their software.
> The
> > question that gets raised is "Is it considered reverse engineering to go
> > into dlls to create an interface to them?  Might find some interesting
> > undocumented methods:-)
> >
> > --Roger
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cyril" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 9:42 AM
> > Subject: Re: [JAWIN] Non-COM funtions in DLLs
> >
> >
> > > It is enough to construct a function prototype (for marshal) with Java
> > > Reflection. Remember, in MS VB you can declare a static function
> prototype
> > > (with DLL and an entry names) and VB ''knows" how to treat with it.
> > >
> > > Vitaly Shelest
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Roger I Martin PhD" <[email protected]>
> > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.windows.devel.jawin
> > > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 3:28 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Non-COM funtions in DLLs
> > >
> > >
> > > > With some of the info coming from the user?...
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Robert Hastings" <[email protected]>
> > > > To: <[email protected]>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 4:20 PM
> > > > Subject: [JAWIN] Non-COM funtions in DLLs
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Instead of trying to parse the header files directly why don't we
> > build
> > > a
> > > > > typelibrary with a module section that describes all of the
> funtions.
> > > Then
> > > > > we can use the typelib browser to auto generate the calls. That
way
> > we'd
> > > > > have the necessary [in] [out] markers... Of course, we'd need to
> > enhance
> > > > the
> > > > > typelib browser to support modules/functions.
> > > > >
> > > > > Robert
> > > > >
> > > >
> >
>