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#143854 - 2005-07-19 06:43 PM Windows API call functions from DLL files
DaveLipman DaveLipman Fresh Scripter Registered: 2005-07-13 Posts: 33 Loc: NJ, USA	I would like to take adantage of the GetSystemMetrics WinAPI in USER32.DLL. I understrand it takes a signed integer as a parameter (the index), and returns a signed integer with the values I listed (0=normal boot, 1 & 2=safe mode) where SM_CLEANBOOT is defined as 67. GetSystemMetrics(SM_CLEANBOOT); 0 Normal boot 1 Fail-safe boot 2 Fail-safe with network boot Can I do this from within Kixtart ?
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#143855 - 2005-07-19 06:52 PM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Unfortunately, one cannot call DLL API's directly with KiXtart at this time.
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#143856 - 2005-07-20 04:48 AM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
DaveLipman DaveLipman Fresh Scripter Registered: 2005-07-13 Posts: 33 Loc: NJ, USA	I figured as much but I was asked to ask... So I did. *Thanx !*
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#143857 - 2005-07-20 02:10 PM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
Chris S. Chris S. MM club member Registered: 2002-03-18 Posts: 2368 Loc: Earth	Stay tuned. There is the possibility that one of the brilliant minds here may come up with a solution.
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#143858 - 2005-07-20 02:55 PM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
Stevie Stevie Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-01-09 Posts: 199	Is there a reason why you can't use WMI to get this information? _________________________ Stevie
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#143859 - 2005-07-20 04:09 PM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
Stevie Stevie Starting to like KiXtart Registered: 2002-01-09 Posts: 199	In looking over some other posts, it seems you've already gone down that road. There actually is a way to call API functions from within scripts and it's achieved with an app called rundll32.exe. This exe is on all systems back to Win98. Here's the catch. You can only call API functions, I don't know of a way to get a return code back from the function you're calling. This is because the command is typically used to launch control panel applets and various system level wizards, i.e. the Add Printer Wizard. In your case, the command is as simple as: Code: shell "rundll32.exe user32.dll, GetSystemMetrics 67" But the kicker is that if you check @ERROR I believe it will always return 0, since the command executed successfully, so even though you can run it you can't get the value that it is reporting. If there is a way to get a return code back from run32dll.exe I'd love to know about it, which is why I post this at all so that somebody here smarter than me can figure out how to do it. Edited by Stevie (2005-07-20 04:10 PM) _________________________ Stevie
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#143860 - 2005-07-20 07:56 PM Re: Windows API call functions from DLL files
DaveLipman DaveLipman Fresh Scripter Registered: 2005-07-13 Posts: 33 Loc: NJ, USA	Hi Stevie: I would be interested if there would be a way to actually return information and not just run a function of a DLL.
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