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Re: DLL Procedure/Function Calls ???

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From: Duncan Murdoch
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 20:46
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In article <1993Jan7.184304.3453@scf.loral.com> andres@scf16.scf.loral.com (Jeff Andres) writes:

>Target Compiler: BP7
>Goal: Generate Windows Program

>Problem/puzzle:

>        Windows, likewise vendors and programmers, often supply .DLLs
>for use by others. Is there a convient way to find out what the calling
>convention is to utilize the procedures/functions contained ?  Is there
>a way to get like a "directory" listing of available calls ? 

There's a list of external entry points in the .DLL, but no information 
there about calling conventions.  You could use a disassembler to try to 
figure it out (e.g. my Dumpprog, on garbo.uwasa.fi as 
/pc/turbopas/dmpprg20.zip) by looking at the code following the entry points,
but it's not easy.  


Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca
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