Re: can swiftforth objects access DLL functions?

The first-cut answer is that, while compiling class definitions, you
must
prefix you api calls with a double-colon, i.e.

        ( in class BAR)
        : FOO ( -- ) 0 Z" THIS" Z" THAT" MB_OK :: MessageBox DROP ;

On Dec 7, 2003, at 4:52 PM, Roger Levy wrote:

> ok, still struggling... this is a SWOOP problem.... in my program i'm
> trying
> to set up classes which use functions from the opengl.dll to display
> themselves, but it won't work. seems like functions from DLL's aren't
> visible to them. is this right? also, are global constants not visible
> to
> class methods either? am i going crazy?
> This crashes saying "glBegin?", even though i've imported the DLL
> right,
> using Charles Melice's code.
>
> Obj2d SUBCLASS Triangle2D
> variable r variable g variable b
> variable p1_x variable p1_y \ points of triangle relative to x,y
> variable p2_x variable p2_y
> variable p3_x variable p3_y
> : show ( -- ) 4 glBegin
> r g b glColor3i
> p1_x p1_y glVertex2i
> p2_x p2_y glVertex2i
> p3_x p3_y glVertex2i
> glEnd ;
> END-CLASS

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Received on Sun Dec 07 2003 - 17:29:42 PST