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[sleek]

Another great tip. Thanks, I'll look into this one next time I need to 
create a custom lib file.

"wyverex" <wyverex.cypher at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> 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