OpenEuphoria

RE: EuCOM

• Posted by Jonas Temple <jktemple at yhti.net> Jun 13, 2001
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Matthew Lewis wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've posted an update to EuCOM.  I think it should work on NT/2000 now, 
> as
> I've fixed the incorrect structures that were causing memory exceptions.
> It's up on the Contributions page (although it looks like Rob updated 
> the
> DirectX entry instead of the EuCOM entry :).  The file is right, but 
> you'll
> have to look down the list a little bit, or you can get it at:
> 
> http://www14.brinkster.com/matthewlewis/projects.html
> 
> It also includes a type library browser (TBrowse.exw) that can generate 
> an
> include file for using a COM object.  (A type library is like a machine
> readable help file, containing specs on all of the
> objects/members/structures etc contained in a COM object).  
> 
> For those interested in DirectX programming, use TBrowse on dxvb8.dll in
> your system directory to generate an include file (that's what I did for 
> my
> DirectX demo).  Just be aware that even though it will generate code for 
> a
> dispinterface, you have to call the member functions directly, using 
> vtable
> offsets (call_interface/call_interface_ptr instead of 
> invoke/invoke_ptr).  
> 
> Matt Lewis 
> 
> PS Win32Lib developers may want to look at TBrowse--I implemented the
> resizing of the two side by size lists.  Try clicking and dragging in
> between the lists and resizing the window.
> 
Matt,

I downloaded and unzipped the eucom.zip and when I tried to run 
comtest.exw I got the following error:

D:\euphoria\stuff\activex.ew:828
attempt to redefine get_dispid - defined already in 
d:\euphoria\stuff\EuCOM.ew function get_dispid( integer ax_ix, object 
dispid )

Hope this helps!

Jonas