LPCWSTR error i have in my C code

[Amera]

hi,


i wrote a c code which calls a function from mytest,dll
this function returns the character "s" .

this is my code :

#include<stdio. h>
#include<window s.h>

int main(){

HANDLE ldll;
char (*str)(void);


ldll = LoadLibrary("my test.dll");

str = GetProcAddress( ldll, "str");

printf("result : %c", str);

}

and i get this errors :

warning C4133: 'function' : incompatible types - from 'char [11]' to 'LPCWSTR'

warning C4047: 'function' : 'LPCSTR' differs in levels of indirection from 'char (__cdecl *)(void)'

warning C4024: 'GetProcAddress ' : different types for formal and actual parameter 2

error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'FARPROC' to 'char (__cdecl *)(void)'


please help me ,

thx in advanced.

[gpraghuram]

Hi,
I think this will help you.
Thanks
Raghu

[solita]

Try the following.Perfo rm the following casting and see if it works.You should cast the farproc to char (__cdecl *)(void).

Hope it helps.

#include<stdio. h>
#include<window s.h>

int main(){

HANDLE ldll;
typedef char (*str)(void);
str Str;

ldll = LoadLibrary("my test.dll");

Str = (str)GetProcAdd ress(ldll, "str");

printf("result : %c", str);

}

[Amera]

ok ,now i can see the console with this written on :
result : (i couldn't see it before, no console was shown)

but my character is not there .I have done what you told me but i get this error in my dll :

error C2059: syntax error : ')'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)

the error is in mytest.cpp code in the function deceleration line :
EXPORT char (__cdecl *)(void)

this is my code :





#include "mytest.h"

EXPORT char (__cdecl *)(void){

char x='s';
return x;
}

BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HANDLE hModule,DWORD dwReason,LPVOID lpReserved){
return TRUE;
}

[weaknessforcats]

Don't forget that str is function pointer. This is wrong:

printf("result : %c", str);

You need to actually call the function:

printf("result : %c", str());

[Amera]

yes , you are right but i still have error in passing my character :

the error in my dll :

error C2059: syntax error : ')'
error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '{'
error C2447: '{' : missing function header (old-style formal list?)


and this error in my caller code :

warning C4133: 'function' : incompatible types - from 'char [11]' to 'LPCWSTR'

how can i solve this issue ??

[weaknessforcats]

What is this:

EXPORT char (__cdecl *)(void){

char x='s';
return x;
}

?

If this is a function where is the function name and where is the char return?

Like maybe:

__dllexport char WINAPI str()
{

char x='s';
return x;
}

[Amera]

i did what you said but i still have the same problem .

you are right , there should be the function name here :

EXPORT char (__cdecl *)(void){

i want to use a poniter to the function in my dll because i'm using it in my C code :
typedef char (*str)(void);
so i can get my character .

i'm getting a null pointer when i use C interpreter and when i'm using VS 2005
i get this error : incompatible types - from 'char [11]' to 'LPCWSTR'

so i'm still have the same problem.

[weaknessforcats]

The DLL has the function. I looks like any other function.

GetProcAddress returns the address of that function.

There must be a function pointer variable fore the correct number and type of arguments and the correct return type.

You now typecast the FARPROC returned by GetProcAddress to a pointe to a function of the correct number and type of arguments and correct return type. You assign this typecast to your function pointer, then use th function pointer to make the call.

There is no pointer in the DLL.


The LPCWSTR problem is due to "mytest.dll ", which is a const array of char. That is, a LPCSTR. You will have to convert the LPCSTR to an LPWSTR to make the LoadLibrary call.

Ditto for the "str" in GetProcAddress.

Thisis caused by the Unicode character set property setting in your project.

I recommend that you start using TCHAR so you don't have to worry about this OR just code everything in Unicode.

The TCHAR macro for a literal is TEXT:

ldll = LoadLibrary(TEXT("mytest.dll"));

[Amera]

i did this :


mytest.h

#ifndef __DLL_H_
#define __DLL_H_

#include <windows.h>


#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

int EXPORT __stdcall str(char f);

#ifdef __cplusplus

}

#endif

mytest.cpp

#include "mytest.h"

int EXPORT __stdcall str(char f){
  return 1;
}


BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HANDLE hModule,DWORD dwReason,LPVOID lpReserved){
		return TRUE;
    
	}

rundll.c

#include<stdio.h>
#include<windows.h>

main(){

HANDLE ldll;

typedef int (*str)(char f);

str Str;

ldll = LoadLibrary(TEXT("mytest.dll"));

Str = (str)GetProcAddress(ldll, "str");

char k = 's';

printf("result : %d", Str(k));


}

and i get this errors from runndll.c :


Error 1 error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'

Error 2 error C2065: 'k' : undeclared identifier

[Amera]

Thank you so much for your great help .

i don't have any errors anymore , just one thing !!

when the function returns an integer , ex : 1

it is written " result : 1" in the console ...

but when it returns a character , the character is shown as a smiley face !!

[Amera]

ok , i know it means null pointer .

but how can i fix it ??

[Amera]

thank you very much for your great help my friends.

everything is working fine now .