Linking in advapi32.lib and netlib32.lib

[John C]

Daniel Keep wrote:
> # extern(Windows)
> # int
> # GetUserNameW(
> # 	wchar* lpBuffer,
> # 	uint* nSize
> # )
> 
> I'm using XP, so I'm fairly sure GetUserNameW should be there (well,
> it's there in advapi32.dll -- dependency walker says so).

Yes, GetUserNameW is from advapi32. The error message you're getting 
usually means Windows can't find the DLL.

What error code do you get if you call LoadLibrary("advapi32.dll")? If 
it returns 0, then there's something else wrong. Is the original lib 
file from the Platform SDK? Or did you get it by other means? I think 
coffimplib only works on the Microsoft lib files.

> 
> John C wrote:
> 
>>Daniel Keep wrote:
>>
>>><sigh> Oh never mind.  This code just *doesn't* want to work...  Every
>>>time I try to call a function in advapi32, it returns the Win32 error
>>>code for "A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.".
>>>
>>>And then, even if I hardcode the user name to my own current user name,
>>>it refuses to let me see my own home directory :(
>>>
>>>Stupid Windows...
>>
>>What's the function you're trying to call? And what does your function
>>definition look like?
>>
>>I just tried GetUserName and it worked.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the help anyway, John.  Think I'll play with embedding Python
>>>for a while instead.  So far I've got it in a simple read-eval loop :P
>>>
>>>    -- Daniel "hates win32"
> 
>