Interface Generator 1.0 - Get it!

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Wed May 26, 2004 10:57 pm

Hello to you all!

I finally made it! The Interface Generator is finished. I only hope that you don't find to much bugs in it.

You can download the program and the documentation from
http://home.planet.nl/~aXend/purebasic/ ... erator.zip

I'm anxious to get your experiences and comments. Happy coding

bingo · Post by **bingo** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:18 am

great

any hints to handling the variables ?

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; DispInterfaces

Interface ITextStream Extends IDispatch
  get_Line(a)
  get_Column(a)
  get_AtEndOfStream(a)
  get_AtEndOfLine(a)
  Read(a,b)
  ReadLine(a)
  ReadAll(a)
  Write(a)
  WriteLine(a)
  WriteBlankLines(a)
  Skip(a)
  SkipLine()
  Close()
EndInterface

Interface IWshShell Extends IDispatch
  get_SpecialFolders(a)
  get_Environment(a,b)
  Run(a,b,c,d)
  Popup(a,b,c,d,e)
  CreateShortcut(a,b)
  ExpandEnvironmentStrings(a,b)
  RegRead(a,b)
  RegWrite(a,b,c)
  RegDelete(a)
EndInterface

Interface IWshCollection Extends IDispatch
  Item(a,b)
  Count(a)
  get_length(a)
  _NewEnum(a)
EndInterface

Interface IWshEnvironment Extends IDispatch
  get_Item(a,b)
  put_Item(a,b)
  Count(a)
  get_length(a)
  _NewEnum(a)
  Remove(a)
EndInterface

Interface IWshShell2 Extends IWshShell
  LogEvent(a,b,c,d)
  AppActivate(a,b,c)
  SendKeys(a,b)
EndInterface

Interface IWshShell3 Extends IWshShell2
  Exec(a,b)
  get_CurrentDirectory(a)
  put_CurrentDirectory(a)
EndInterface

Interface IWshExec Extends IDispatch
  get_Status(a)
  get_StdIn(a)
  get_StdOut(a)
  get_StdErr(a)
  get_ProcessID(a)
  get_ExitCode(a)
  Terminate()
EndInterface

Interface IWshShortcut Extends IDispatch
  get_FullName(a)
  get_Arguments(a)
  put_Arguments(a)
  get_Description(a)
  put_Description(a)
  get_Hotkey(a)
  put_Hotkey(a)
  get_IconLocation(a)
  put_IconLocation(a)
  put_RelativePath(a)
  get_TargetPath(a)
  put_TargetPath(a)
  get_WindowStyle(a)
  put_WindowStyle(a)
  get_WorkingDirectory(a)
  put_WorkingDirectory(a)
  Load(a)
  Save()
EndInterface

Interface IWshNetwork Extends IDispatch
  get_UserDomain(a)
  get_UserName(a)
  get_UserProfile(a)
  get_ComputerName(a)
  get_Organization(a)
  get_Site(a)
  MapNetworkDrive(a,b,c,d,e)
  RemoveNetworkDrive(a,b,c)
  EnumNetworkDrives(a)
  AddPrinterConnection(a,b,c,d,e)
  RemovePrinterConnection(a,b,c)
  EnumPrinterConnections(a)
  SetDefaultPrinter(a)
EndInterface

Interface IWshNetwork2 Extends IWshNetwork
  AddWindowsPrinterConnection(a,b,c)
EndInterface

Interface IWshURLShortcut Extends IDispatch
  get_FullName(a)
  get_TargetPath(a)
  put_TargetPath(a)
  Load(a)
  Save()
EndInterface

Interface IFileSystem Extends IDispatch
  get_Drives(a)
  BuildPath(a,b,c)
  GetDriveName(a,b)
  GetParentFolderName(a,b)
  GetFileName(a,b)
  GetBaseName(a,b)
  GetExtensionName(a,b)
  GetAbsolutePathName(a,b)
  GetTempName(a)
  DriveExists(a,b)
  FileExists(a,b)
  FolderExists(a,b)
  GetDrive(a,b)
  GetFile(a,b)
  GetFolder(a,b)
  GetSpecialFolder(a,b)
  DeleteFile(a,b)
  DeleteFolder(a,b)
  MoveFile(a,b)
  MoveFolder(a,b)
  CopyFile(a,b,c)
  CopyFolder(a,b,c)
  CreateFolder(a,b)
  CreateTextFile(a,b,c,d)
  OpenTextFile(a,b,c,d,e)
EndInterface

Interface IDriveCollection Extends IDispatch
  get_Item(a,b,c,d,e)
  get__NewEnum(a)
  get_Count(a)
EndInterface

Interface IDrive Extends IDispatch
  get_Path(a)
  get_DriveLetter(a)
  get_ShareName(a)
  get_DriveType(a)
  get_RootFolder(a)
  get_AvailableSpace(a)
  get_FreeSpace(a)
  get_TotalSize(a)
  get_VolumeName(a)
  put_VolumeName(a)
  get_FileSystem(a)
  get_SerialNumber(a)
  get_IsReady(a)
EndInterface

Interface IFolder Extends IDispatch
  get_Path(a)
  get_Name(a)
  put_Name(a)
  get_ShortPath(a)
  get_ShortName(a)
  get_Drive(a)
  get_ParentFolder(a)
  get_Attributes(a)
  put_Attributes(a)
  get_DateCreated(a)
  get_DateLastModified(a)
  get_DateLastAccessed(a)
  get_Type(a)
  Delete(a)
  Copy(a,b)
  Move(a)
  get_IsRootFolder(a)
  get_Size(a)
  get_SubFolders(a)
  get_Files(a)
  CreateTextFile(a,b,c,d)
EndInterface

Interface IFolderCollection Extends IDispatch
  Add(a,b)
  get_Item(a,b,c,d,e)
  get__NewEnum(a)
  get_Count(a)
EndInterface

Interface IFileCollection Extends IDispatch
  get_Item(a,b,c,d,e)
  get__NewEnum(a)
  get_Count(a)
EndInterface

Interface IFile Extends IDispatch
  get_Path(a)
  get_Name(a)
  put_Name(a)
  get_ShortPath(a)
  get_ShortName(a)
  get_Drive(a)
  get_ParentFolder(a)
  get_Attributes(a)
  put_Attributes(a)
  get_DateCreated(a)
  get_DateLastModified(a)
  get_DateLastAccessed(a)
  get_Size(a)
  get_Type(a)
  Delete(a)
  Copy(a,b)
  Move(a)
  OpenAsTextStream(a,b,c)
EndInterface

Interface IFileSystem3 Extends IFileSystem
  GetStandardStream(a,b,c)
  GetFileVersion(a,b)
EndInterface

wsh.IWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

info.s = "test"

;wsh\Popup(???)

ReleaseObject(wsh)

http://www.bratbaecker.de/vee/activ/wshom_ocx_2.htm

Edwin Knoppert · Post by **Edwin Knoppert** » Thu May 27, 2004 8:48 am

Great!

Maybe a simple progid enum thingy?
Like changing the textbox to a combo + edit box version?

PolyVector · Post by **PolyVector** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:27 am

Nice work aXend!!!
This is the most usefull tool in my collection now

GedB · Post by **GedB** » Thu May 27, 2004 9:30 am

Axend,

This is great! I can't wait to the weekend, when I'll get to have a good play.

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:22 pm

@bingo:

any hints to handling the variables ?

If you look at the left side panel and click on DispInterfaces, then on the name of a specific interface and then on the name of a method, you get all the information about the parameters. You can read this in the documentation.

If you click on DispInterfaces, then on WShell and then on Popup you get:

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[VOffset($28)] HRESULT Popup([in] BSTR Text,
     [in, optional] VARIANT* SecondsToWait,
     [in, optional] VARIANT* Title,
     [in, optional] VARIANT* Type,
     [out, retval] int* out_Button)

This shows exactly how to call this method.

Karbon · Post by **Karbon** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:30 pm

WOW. This is incredible. REALLY makes all that XML stuff easy as pie!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Get with Fred to put this in the PB distribution - it is invaluable.

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Thu May 27, 2004 4:43 pm

It's very import to understand how to code a VARIANT parameter. This is not the same as a VARIANT* parameter. The last one can be coded with a pointer to the structure like parm.VARIANT.

The first one requires 16 bytes as a parameter. PureBasic can't handle that. In the VARIANT_inc.pb I included a structure pToVariant. So you can code (as an example)

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parm.VARIANT\vt = #VT_BSTR
parm\bstrVal = Ansi2Uni("a string")
*pointer.pToVariant = parm
; call the method
object\method([....,]*pointer\a,*pointer\b,*pointer\c,*pointer\d[,....])

If you have any question on this let me know!

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:10 pm

Here an example of how to use the output of Interface Generator with WScript.Shell.

Type the ProgID "WScript.Shell" in Interface Generator and save the output to a file. I changed the Enumerations so that all got the prefix "Wsh" to prevend conflicts. (The constant #Hidden seems to exist somewhere???)

Include the file in your program and then you can do the following.

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IncludeFile "WScript_Shell.pb"

Global WshShell.IWshShell3

Global None.VARIANT
None\vt    = #VT_ERROR 
None\scode = #DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND 

#InfoIcon = 64

Procedure Send(key.s)
; HRESULT SendKeys([in] BSTR Keys,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* Wait)
  WshShell\SendKeys(Ansi2Uni(key),None);
EndProcedure

Procedure Run(appl.s,parm.s)
  runapp.s = appl+" "+parm
; HRESULT Run([in] BSTR Command,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* WindowStyle,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* WaitOnReturn,
;      [out, retval] int* out_ExitCode)
  WshShell\Run(Ansi2Uni(runapp),None,None,@out);
EndProcedure

Procedure.l Popup(text.s,wait.l,title.s,type.l)
  DefType.VARIANT Vwait, Vtitle, Vtype
  Vwait\vt        = #VT_UI4
  Vwait\iVal      = wait
  Vtitle\vt       = #VT_BSTR
  Vtitle\bstrVal  = Ansi2Uni(title)
  Vtype\vt        = #VT_UI4
  Vtype\iVal      = type
; HRESULT Popup([in] BSTR Text,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* SecondsToWait,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* Title,
;      [in, optional] VARIANT* Type,
;      [out, retval] int* out_Button)
  WshShell\Popup(Ansi2Uni(text),Vwait,Vtitle,Vtype,@button.l)
  ProcedureReturn button
EndProcedure

OnErrorGoto(?Error)

WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell");

Run("iexplore","www.purebasic.com")
Delay(3000) ;
Send("{TAB 5}") ; Go to News
Send("{ENTER}") ;
Delay(5000)
Send("%{F4}") ; Alt-F4 Stop
Delay(1000) ;
Popup("This was an example of using WScript.Shell from PureBasic",5,"Demo Program",#InfoIcon)

ReleaseObject(WshShell)

End

;- Error handler
Error:
error.s = Space(500)
error = GetErrorDescription()
errorln.l = GetErrorLineNR()
CRLF.s  = Chr(13)+Chr(10)
msg.s = ""
msg.s = "line " + Str(GetErrorLineNR()) + ": " + error + " (" + Hex(GetErrorNumber()) + " )" + CRLF
MessageRequester("Error", msg, 0)

End

Good luck!

Post by **Dare2** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:14 pm

Karbon wrote:Get with Fred to put this in the PB distribution - it is invaluable.

Agreed. Thanks aXend.

Moonshine · Post by **Moonshine** » Fri May 28, 2004 4:22 pm

Can this be used to get interfaces from Direct3D 8? Tried opening the DLL in the system32 folder "D3D8.DLL" plus a few others but they dont open. Maybe Im missing the point here, but can anybody help? Cheers.

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:01 pm

You can use dx8vb.dll. That includes direct3d 8.

The point is that it has to be a typelibrary. Not every dll is that.

Moonshine · Post by **Moonshine** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:12 pm

OK, thanks aXend I understand now.

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Sat May 29, 2004 9:50 am

Excellent work!

I've been messing with VB ActiveX controls and they work just fine

Just 1 note:

The file requester should keep the last directory you went to...

aXend · Post by **aXend** » Sun May 30, 2004 11:45 am

@Num3 Thanks.

The file requester should keep the last directory you went to...

You are right.

I'm aware that I could do something more on the GUI side of the Interface Generator. Use a Menu and/or Toolbar... I thought it would be useful to publish the tool now, so it can be used. I'll work on improvement from now. Any other suggestions?