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  • dl/win32/lib/Win32API.rb

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Methods

Win32API

Constants

DLL
TYPEMAP

Public Class Methods

new(dllname, func, import, export = "0", calltype = :stdcall) click to toggle source
 
               # File dl/win32/lib/Win32API.rb, line 10
def initialize(dllname, func, import, export = "0", calltype = :stdcall)
  @proto = [import].join.tr("VPpNnLlIi", "0SSI").sub(/^(.)0*$/, '\1')
  handle = DLL[dllname] ||= DL.dlopen(dllname)
  @func = DL::CFunc.new(handle[func], TYPEMAP[export.tr("VPpNnLlIi", "0SSI")], func, calltype)
rescue DL::DLError => e
  raise LoadError, e.message, e.backtrace
end
            

Public Instance Methods

Call(*args) click to toggle source
Alias for: call
call(*args) click to toggle source
 
               # File dl/win32/lib/Win32API.rb, line 18
def call(*args)
  import = @proto.split("")
  args.each_with_index do |x, i|
    args[i], = [x == 0 ? nil : x].pack("p").unpack("l!*") if import[i] == "S"
    args[i], = [x].pack("I").unpack("i") if import[i] == "I"
  end
  ret, = @func.call(args)
  return ret || 0
end
            
Also aliased as: Call

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