Re: Calling arbitrary functions in Windows DLLs from Lua

[Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@...>]

On 06/12/2007 00:33, Eric Tetz wrote:
> I need to module to let my Lua scripts call arbitrary functions in 
> Windows DLLs. Before I roll my own, has anyone written one already?

Ton Plooy's DynaCall routine published in the Windows Developers Journal 
is a popular solution, I think. It is used, among other places, by the 
AutoHotkey Windows scripting language (open source) and proved to be robust.

Didn't found many references to it, the most precise seems to be:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Guenter_Born/WSHBazaar/WSHDynaCall.htm

Beside, if you search FFI in the archives of this mailing list, you will 
find many answers. Somebody in the ML pointed to DynaCall when I asked a 
similar question years ago, and some other solutions were given.

IIRC, Neko language as such module too. Saw also a page on Python's way. 
Both handle callbacks.
Etc.

Haven't seen a clear implementation specific for Lua, but I might have 
missed it.

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