I'm trying to call the OpenProcess() api function. I included std.c.windows.windows at the beginning of the file, but the compiler still does not recognize the function name. The function is defined in kernel32.dll . what am I doing wrong?

"lee" <llee@goucher.edu> wrote in message news:f17plf$26na$1@digitalmars.com...
> I'm trying to call the OpenProcess() api function.  I included
> std.c.windows.windows at the beginning of the file, but the
> compiler still does not recognize the function name.  The function
> is defined in kernel32.dll .  what am I doing wrong?

Using std.c.windows.windows.

The translation there is hopelessly incomplete, or at least was last time I looked.  A much more comprehensive translation is here:

http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI

Stewart. 

lee Wrote:

> I'm trying to call the OpenProcess() api function. I included std.c.windows.windows at the beginning of the file, but the compiler still does not recognize the function name. The function is defined in kernel32.dll . what am I doing wrong?

you can call any window api like this:
import std.c.windows.windows;	//for WinExec
import std.windows.charset;	//for toMBSz

void main()
{
	// bbs.yidabu.com ×¢toMBSzº¯ÊýÊÇΪÁËÉú³Énull½áβ×Ö·û´®
	LPCSTR lpCmdLine = toMBSz(r"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe http://bbs.yidabu.com/forum-10-1.html");
	UINT uCmdShow = SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED;
	WinExec(lpCmdLine,uCmdShow);
}

// bbs.yidabu.com ÏÂÃæ¾ÍÊǶ¨ÒåÒªµ÷ÓõÄwindows apiº¯Êý
extern (Windows)
{
	export {
		UINT WinExec(LPCSTR lpCmdLine,UINT uCmdShow);
	}
}

"yidabu" <yidabu.nospam@gmail.com> wrote in message news:f19qlq$27gh$1@digitalmars.com...
<snip>
> you can call any window api like this:
> import std.c.windows.windows; //for WinExec
> import std.windows.charset; //for toMBSz

Where do you get that idea from?  Firstly, only a tiny subset of Windows API functions are in std.c.windows.windows.  Secondly, the functions in std.windows.charset aren't part of the Windows API at all.

> void main()
> {
> // bbs.yidabu.com ×¢toMBSzº¯ÊýÊÇΪÁËÉú³Énull½áβ×Ö·û´®

Oh dear.  It would appear that the web interface is no good at letting you use non-ASCII characters.  At the moment I can't figure out what character encoding that was _meant_ to be!

Stewart.