[fpc-pascal]Linking to Windows

[Anton Tichawa]

wait some minutes .. 

anton.



> At 05:46 04-02-2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello, List!
> >
> >On Monday 03 February 2003 21:14, you wrote:
> >> According to the Free Pascal Programmers manual chapter 4.1 it is
> >> possible to specify an external Windows function with:
> >> Procedure ProcName(Args: TProcArgs); external 'Name' index SomeIndex
> >>
> >> But where can I get information on which function has which index in
> >> which DLL?
> >
> >Just try without the "index SomeIndex". I think you don't even need the
> ><Name> if it matches the pascal name. But I'm almost sure it will work
> >without mentioning the index.
>
> That sounds simple ... problem is that it doesn't work that way.
> If I omit 'Name' I get a linking error.
> If I put in some 'Name', I get the run time error: Missing Name.DLL.
> So it looks like there has to be the reference to the correct DLL file.
>
> >If you really need indices, you might find them in microsoft's (API?)
> >documentation.
>
> I hoped so, but I cannot find them in Microsoft's home page.
>
> Hans M.
>
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