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reply Gilles G. <schaouette free.fr> writes:
Hello,
maybe I am obviously missing something, but it seems that my dll doesn't modify
the value of the variables.
It looks like this:
=== File from the DLL (with the corresponding def file)
extern(Windows) void modifyThis(int* val){*val=0;}

=== call to the DLL function in the test program
alias void function(int*) modifyThis_t;
modifyThis_t modifyThis;
HMODULE h;
h = LoadLibraryA("test.dll");
int value=1;
modifyThis = cast(modifyThis_t) GetProcAddress(h,"modifyThis");
writefln("Value before call: %d",value);
(*modifyThis)(&value);
writefln("Value after call: %d",value);

But then I get the output:
Value before call: 1
Value after call: 1

I guess this is a beginner's question...
Thanks a lot!
Jun 26 2007
parent reply Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Gilles G. wrote:
 Hello,
 maybe I am obviously missing something, but it seems that my dll doesn't
modify the value of the variables.
 It looks like this:
 === File from the DLL (with the corresponding def file)
 extern(Windows) void modifyThis(int* val){*val=0;}
 
 === call to the DLL function in the test program
 alias void function(int*) modifyThis_t;
I *could* be wrong, but this looks to be incorrect. It should be (if I remember correctly): extern(Windows) { alias void function(int*) modifyThis_t; } Otherwise, the function type will use the D calling convention, which is probably incompatible with stdcall. Give it a shot, anyway. -- Daniel
Jun 26 2007
parent reply Gilles G. <schaouette free.fr> writes:
Thanks a lot, I would never find this one.

--
Gilles

Daniel Keep Wrote:

 
 
 Gilles G. wrote:
 Hello,
 maybe I am obviously missing something, but it seems that my dll doesn't
modify the value of the variables.
 It looks like this:
 === File from the DLL (with the corresponding def file)
 extern(Windows) void modifyThis(int* val){*val=0;}
 
 === call to the DLL function in the test program
 alias void function(int*) modifyThis_t;
I *could* be wrong, but this looks to be incorrect. It should be (if I remember correctly): extern(Windows) { alias void function(int*) modifyThis_t; } Otherwise, the function type will use the D calling convention, which is probably incompatible with stdcall. Give it a shot, anyway. -- Daniel
Jun 26 2007
parent Chris Nicholson-Sauls <ibisbasenji gmail.com> writes:
Gilles G. wrote:
 Thanks a lot, I would never find this one.
 
 --
 Gilles
Additionally, you don't have to explicitly dereference the function pointer. Just calling 'modifyThis(&value)' will suffice. Not part of your problem, but I thought it worth mentioning for readability sake. -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls
Jun 26 2007