I need to use an external dll to communicate with a digital camera, and I found a program with the corresponding DLL that allows me to communicate. In the dll description, I found a function that fits my needs. The DLL header looks like this ....
//
// ReleaseShutter()
// Inputs:
// timeOutInSecs timeout in secs to wait for picture to be
// taken and downloaded (max 60 secs)
// pszFilename option string in which to store the name of the
// saved image. Set to NULL if not required
// numChars length of pszFilename if defined
//
// Returns:// 0 - Success, image saved
// 1 - PSRemote is not running
// 2 - PSRemote is running but camera is not connected
// 3 - Camera is busy
// 4 - Timeout waiting for image to be saved
// 5 - Error releasing shutter
//
// Description:
// Take a picture and optionally wait for it to be saved to disk.
//
//
PSRemoteLIB_API int __stdcall ReleaseShutter( int timeoutInSecs,
char* Filename,int numChars );
Ok, I load the dll, use the function, get the status of the result, and the external program takes a picture, but I CAN’T RECEIVE A FILENAME BACK !!!! Here is my code
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var Status: Integer;
Name1: PChar;
DLLHandle: Thandle;
TakePic: Function (T: Integer; Nam: Pchar;Num:Integer):Integer; {$IFDEF WIN32} stdcall; {$ENDIF}
begin DLLHandle := LoadLibrary('PSRemoteLib.dll');
if DLLHandle >= 32 then { success }
begin
Name1:=stralloc(1024);
TakePic := GetProcAddress(DLLHandle, 'ReleaseShutter');
Status:=TakePic(60,Name1,SizeOf(Name1));
label1.Caption:=intTostr(Status);
label2.Caption:=Name1;
FreeLibrary(DLLHandle);
end
else MessageDlg('Error: could not find PSRemoteLib.dll', mtError, [mbOk], 0);
StrDispose(Name1);
end;
I try PChar PWidechar and everything I found on the net, but nothing !!!
What am I doing wrong???? In the .exe example that comes with the dll and works in cmd mode, this works fine !!!! The program accepts the image and file name of the report ???? I have an example source code and looks like this:
case 0:
{
cout << "Success, image saved as: " << filename << endl;
}
else
{
cout << "Success, image saved on CF card?" << endl;
}
break;
case 1: cerr << "PSRemote is not running" << endl;
break;
case 2: cerr << "Camera is not connected" << endl;
break;
case 3: cerr << "Camera is busy" << endl;
break;
case 4: cerr << "Timeout waiting for image to be saved" << endl;
break;
default:
cerr << "ERROR: unexpected return status: " << status << endl;
}
}
return nRetCode;
}
PLEASE HELP I need it !!!
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GetOutputPath: function(pszPathname: PChar;
numChars: var Integer): SREMOTELIB_API INT __STDCALL cdecl {$IFDEF WIN32} stdcall {$ENDIF};
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