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How to call a function in a DLL in Delphi 3?
Hi all... I have made a DLL in C language with the following function:
UINT WINAPI Desasm( UINT current, LPSTR target, LPSTR start );
(UINT = Unsigned int, LPSTR = Long pointer String)
The question is.. how can I declare such function in Delphi? I have:
function Desasm( Address: Integer; Target : string; Start : PChar): Integer; external 'Desasm.dll';
just after starting implementation part of the unit.
Later in other function I tried to call it this way:
var
Texto : string;
Buf : array[0..19] of Char;
begin
Buf[0] := #18;
Buf[1] := #00;
Buf[2] := #38;
Desasm( 0, Texto, Buf );
ShowMessage( Texto );
end;
The fact is that Texto must contain a string, but on return, it contains nothing. If I try to use stdcall in declaration of the function, application crashes.
Note: the DLL does work!
Who can help me?
Thanks in advance
Jaime
UINT WINAPI Desasm( UINT current, LPSTR target, LPSTR start );
(UINT = Unsigned int, LPSTR = Long pointer String)
The question is.. how can I declare such function in Delphi? I have:
function Desasm( Address: Integer; Target : string; Start : PChar): Integer; external 'Desasm.dll';
just after starting implementation part of the unit.
Later in other function I tried to call it this way:
var
Texto : string;
Buf : array[0..19] of Char;
begin
Buf[0] := #18;
Buf[1] := #00;
Buf[2] := #38;
Desasm( 0, Texto, Buf );
ShowMessage( Texto );
end;
The fact is that Texto must contain a string, but on return, it contains nothing. If I try to use stdcall in declaration of the function, application crashes.
Note: the DLL does work!
Who can help me?
Thanks in advance
Jaime
viktornet
What's the function doing....which is the return value.....???
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It's a dissasembler.
Address is the address of the instruccion
Target is the string receiving the mnemonic
Start is the buffer containing de opcode and operand
It's return the number of operands required for the instruction in ordder to know where the next instruction starts.
But I think it doesn't care about what the function actually does, because of encasulation... the problem is communication de delphi program with the library.
Address is the address of the instruccion
Target is the string receiving the mnemonic
Start is the buffer containing de opcode and operand
It's return the number of operands required for the instruction in ordder to know where the next instruction starts.
But I think it doesn't care about what the function actually does, because of encasulation... the problem is communication de delphi program with the library.
kashif I was just wondering why do you answer a question w/o having the answer...If you somehow don't supply any answers then the person cannot delete the file if he/she wants to
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
var
I : UINT;//you can make a decalration like this one since there is UINT type in Delphi.///
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function Desasm( Address: UINT; Target : PChar; Start : PChar): UINT; external 'Desasm.dll';
Why don't you try this.....??? and see if itworks
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
I : UINT;//you can make a decalration like this one since there is UINT type in Delphi.///
----------------
function Desasm( Address: UINT; Target : PChar; Start : PChar): UINT; external 'Desasm.dll';
Why don't you try this.....??? and see if itworks
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
Sorry ,i am having some problems .....
ASKER
I have finally solved the problem declaring the function in the DLL as:
function Desasm( Address: UINT; Target : pointer; Start : pointer): UINT; stdcall;
external 'Desasm.dll';
and then, calling it with
var
Texto : array[0..255] of char;
Buf : array[0..19] of Byte;
begin
Buf[0] := $12;
Buf[1] := 00;
Buf[2] := $26;
Desasm( 0, @Texto, @Buf );
.
.
.
end;
is there a more elegant solution? any suggestion?
Jaime
function Desasm( Address: UINT; Target : pointer; Start : pointer): UINT; stdcall;
external 'Desasm.dll';
and then, calling it with
var
Texto : array[0..255] of char;
Buf : array[0..19] of Byte;
begin
Buf[0] := $12;
Buf[1] := 00;
Buf[2] := $26;
Desasm( 0, @Texto, @Buf );
.
.
.
end;
is there a more elegant solution? any suggestion?
Jaime
I'm not sure if you need to do this..... @Texto @Buf...what you could try doing which is almost the same is this........
var
Texto, Buf : String;
begin
Buf[1] := $12;
Buf[2] := 00;
Buf[3] := $26;
Desasm( 0, PChar(Texto), PChar(Buf) );
//In the first example here is what's wrong..
you wrote..Desasm( 0, Texto, Buf ); and it is suppose to be
Desasm( 0, PChar(Texto), Buf );//That's what was wrong with you function....You need to typecast the String to a PChar...which is same as declaring an array of char :+)
But still it's the same idea and maybe more writing...so you better stick to your way ;-)
Otherwise..is everything working properly now?
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
var
Texto, Buf : String;
begin
Buf[1] := $12;
Buf[2] := 00;
Buf[3] := $26;
Desasm( 0, PChar(Texto), PChar(Buf) );
//In the first example here is what's wrong..
you wrote..Desasm( 0, Texto, Buf ); and it is suppose to be
Desasm( 0, PChar(Texto), Buf );//That's what was wrong with you function....You need to typecast the String to a PChar...which is same as declaring an array of char :+)
But still it's the same idea and maybe more writing...so you better stick to your way ;-)
Otherwise..is everything working properly now?
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
ASKER
I tried that but it didn't work... the fact is that the string definition is different between C and Pascal. In C it starts from 0, while in Pascal starts from 1, with the 0 reserved for the string length. I think that is the problem.
Regarding with buf variable.. it must be an array of bytes.... I made a mistake in my first post.
Thanks for your posts
Jaime
Regarding with buf variable.. it must be an array of bytes.... I made a mistake in my first post.
Thanks for your posts
Jaime
That's what I meant kashif... I really think that your answer was best...Keep the good work...
vik
vik
What I meant is at least I tried to help you and kashif's answer was "Answer is coming...". That doesn't look like an answer to me. Maybe I didn't give you the right answer but at least tried, and I think that's important. Anyway, I think it's (*GrEaT*) that you got your function working!
Talk to you later! Bye
{The example I gave you should work. I might have missed something small since I wrote it right on E-E, and haven't checked it with Delphi, but I'm sure it will work if something small is corrected =)
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov
Talk to you later! Bye
{The example I gave you should work. I might have missed something small since I wrote it right on E-E, and haven't checked it with Delphi, but I'm sure it will work if something small is corrected =)
Regards,
Viktor Ivanov