Re^2: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API ("U0")

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Re^3: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API ("U0") by syphilis (Archbishop) on Jul 28, 2016 at 14:04 UTC
Could this lead to problems with the array reference? I don't see any reason that should lead to any problems. There are other approaches (apart from Win32::API) that you can take - eg XS or Inline::C. I personally prefer either of those (especially the latter) over Win32::API as I've always found Win32::API difficult to get right - though it's possible that the deficiency is in me, as opposed to Win32::API. For XS/Inline::C you'll need the header file (which it seems you already have), the dll (which you definitely already have) and a suitable import library (which you might not have). To create the import library ( let's call it libAID.a), place a copy of AID.dll in the cwd and run: `gendef AID.dll dlltool --kill-at --input-def AID.def --output-lib libAID.a` [download] I would then install Inline::C and access the dll functionality using it. (You'll want to first run `perldoc Inline::C-Cookbook` for some basic instructions on how to successfully use the module.) Cheere, Rob	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API (error) by tye (Sage) on Jul 28, 2016 at 14:07 UTC
I don't see any reason for Perl to crash. But you don't even provide the error message associated with the Perl crash so we don't have much to go on to diagnose the problem. - tye	[reply]
Re^4: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API (error) by apeks_okad (Novice) on Jul 28, 2016 at 15:52 UTC
The error message is a windows error "Perl interpreter does not function anymore" (translated from the original German Error "Perl interpreter funktioniert nicht mehr"	[reply]
Re^5: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API (debug) by tye (Sage) on Jul 28, 2016 at 17:21 UTC
For the audience's information, Google found ftp://kopfweb.de/ko/kopfweb.de/AutomotiveInterface/AID/V3.05/AID.h which lead to ftp://kopfweb.de/ko/kopfweb.de/AutomotiveInterface/Documentation/AI%20USB%20Communication.pdf. Perhaps you aren't calling KSENT_TXInit() properly? The documentation says that the second argument should be a pointer to a 12-bit value stored in 2 bytes, yet you are setting 4 bytes. So, perhaps you are encoding those bits incorrectly? Searching for your error message (in German) on the internet only found one other node on this web site. But that thread contains examples of dumping lots of "what was going on" details for such a failure. Doing such for your case might provide more clues. See Strawberry Perl 64bit on Win7 crashes on DBI-function. - tye	[reply]
Re^6: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API (debug) by apeks_okad (Novice) on Jul 28, 2016 at 22:54 UTC
Re^7: How to pass a pointer to an array of 'unsigned char' C data type with Win32::API (debug) by apeks_okad (Novice) on Aug 02, 2016 at 14:29 UTC


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