Re: Calling arbitrary functions in Windows DLLs from Lua

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

LuaX included support for both DynaCall and FFI, but the project's  
ended since several years.

If you want the source, ask me personally. I will look in the archives.

-asko


Philippe Lhoste kirjoitti 6.12.2007 kello 10:55:

> 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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> Philippe Lhoste
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