1. RE: Accessing an Exe written in C
> From: Stephen O' Sullivan [mailto:stephen_o__sullivan at hotmail.com]
>
> Hi All,
> I am relatively new to Euphoria, so forgive me if this an obivous
> question.
>
> What I have is a Exe written in C, that I want to access in
> Euphoria. I
> know how to acess the interfaces in VB. All I have to do is add the
> reference to my project and use code, such as follows, to
> call funtions
> and procedures:
>
> Dim MyInterFace as InterFaceName
> ...
> Set MyInterface=New LibName
> MyInterFace.Procedure (params)
> MyInterFace.Function (params)
> ...
>
> Does anybody know how to do this in Euphoria?
What you seem to be describing here seems to be a COM object (VB just loves
'em). You can use EuCOM (see the user archives) to interface with the exe.
The first thing you'll want to do is to use TBROWSE (comes with EuCOM) to
wrap the object. Then, your Eu version of the VB example would look
something like:
include EuCOM.ew
include InterfaceName.ew
integer MyInterface
object result
MyInterface = create_com_object( InterfaceName_clsid_ix )
result = invoke( MyInterface, {MyInterface_m_Procedure[,optional param
names]},
{[params]},{[param data types]},DISPATCH_METHOD )
result = invoke( MyInterface, {MyInterface_m_Function[,optional param
names]},
{[params]},{[param data types]},DISPATCH_METHOD )
It's a bit more complicated, but it's really not too hard once you get the
hang of it (just more typing). Take a look at EuCOM, read the Docs and FAQ,
and let me know if you have any other questions.
Matt Lewis
