Windows PSAPI - 3 files [1/1]
wyverex
wyverex.cypher at gmail.com
Sun Sep 7 12:04:25 PDT 2008
Sergey Gromov wrote:
> sleek <cslush at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sergey,
>>
>> Thanks for the response. Lucky for me, I actually fixed those first couple
>> bugs you mentioned after looking at the code a bit more. Unluckily for me,
>> it still sounds like I'm somewhat screwed. Does anyone else out there have
>> any info as to how I can use PSAPI from D?
>
> See attached. These are the correct import library and fixed bindings.
>
> It wasn't easy to create the library though. First I've got Psapi.h
> from Microsoft Platform SDK and modified it as suggested in this
> article:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/131313
>
> Then I went the hard way which is of no interest. The right way is to
> compile the header into an obj file and then dump its symbols. The
> compiler to use depends on what tools you've got handy. I've got the
> complete Microsoft SDK so I used
>
> cl -c psapi.c
> dumpbin /symbols psapi.obj >psapi.def
>
> Remove everything except the names, add 'LIBRARY "psapi.dll"' and
> 'EXPORTS' at the top, and you're almost done with the .def file.
> "Almost" because functions in actual DLL are not mangled, so you need to
> specify an internal name. Use any regular expression tool to convert
> "_Anything at digits" into "_Anything at digits = Anything". That's it. Now
> use
>
> implib psapi psapi.def
>
> to produce the correct import library.
>
> I wonder if there is an easier way.
Always try using linkdef
http://www.dprogramming.com/linkdef.php
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