Accessing DLL
[1/2] from: belkasri::1stlegal::com at: 14-Jun-2002 13:49
We are in the process of assessing REBOL for using in it in developing our
production system (It's gonna be a huge system). Before going with REBOL we
need to see if we may have some problems down the road.
Here is on thing I am not sure of yet!
I downloaded the IOS and played with it. Played with the VIEW (I love it).
But when I tried to access a DLL it told me that the feature you are tryoing
to use is not in this REBOL version!!!
How can I try the DLL access feature without being commited to buy the Full
REBOL version?
--Abdel.
[2/2] from: greggirwin:mindspring at: 14-Jun-2002 16:59
Hi Abdel,
<< But when I tried to access a DLL it told me that the feature you are
tryoing
to use is not in this REBOL version!!!
How can I try the DLL access feature without being commited to buy the Full
REBOL version? >>
Well, that is a catch. Both Command and View/Pro support library access but
Core and Link do not at the present time. If you're developing a huge
system, it would probably be worth the $99 to get a View/Pro license to try
it out.
So far, I've had very good success with Windows API calls from REBOL. I
haven't tried any complex calls (e.g. array of structures as parameters) and
there aren't any docs on the system:// port yet which might allow callbacks,
but the basic mechanism works.
--Gregg