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Re: DLL Procedure/Function Calls ???

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From: Don Hackler
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 08:12
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dmurdoch@mast.queensu.ca (Duncan Murdoch) writes:

> In article <1993Jan7.184304.3453@scf.loral.com> andres@scf16.scf.loral.com (J
> 
> >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.  
> 

Or get Undocumented Windows by Andrew Shulman...  which
includes the utilities to dump the DLL entry points, and lots
of other good stuff...

- don

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