So, if I want to translate this call as shown on MSDN:
DWORD WINAPI GetLogicalDriveStrings(

  _In_  DWORD  nBufferLength,
  _Out_ LPTSTR lpBuffer
);

​I need to do something like 'kernel32 GetLogicalDriveStrings​ i *'&cd ?


On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:35 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:

> You can still cpoy from the j602 winapi.dat file, eg
> the line
> kernel32 ReadFile i i * i *i *
>
> tell you the signature for ReadFile, and call it as
>
> 'kernel32 ReadFile i i * i *i *'&cd  your parameters...
>
> However the signatures inside this winapi.dat are only correct
> for 32-bit windows. Anyways you most likely need to google MSDN
> because winapi.dat didn't tell anything about the meaning of each
> argument.
>
> Чт, 22 окт 2015, Devon McCormick написал(а):
> > Can I figure out how to do this for the call I need by looking at one of
> > the existing API packages?
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:38 AM, chris burke <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > It got dropped. The old winapi dated back to the Win95 days and was a
> > > straight dump of VB calls. Some time ago we decided it was too out of
> date
> > > to distribute, and that it would be better to use MSDN.
> > >
> > > On 22 October 2015 at 07:48, Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I understand the forum traffic is light since we're all riveted by
> the
> > > > possibility of a Mets/Blue Jays world series, but I do have a
> J-related
> > > > question.
> > > >
> > > > While attempting to load some old code, I get an error trying to load
> > > > "winapi".  I see a number of particular API libraries in the addons,
> but
> > > > not this one.  Does anyone know if there's a replacement for this or
> did
> > > it
> > > > get dropped?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Devon
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