As for zeroing out the bytes, there is a word `calloc` which functions
identically to C's calloc, allocating `n` bytes of size `size" and zeroing the
entire region for you. Indeed, it is overkill and a small performance hit
depending on the size of the region, but it's definitely simpler for now.
See http://docs.factorcode.org/content/word-calloc,libc.html and
-------- Original Message --------
On May 24, 2017, 14:09, Alexander Ilin wrote:
Hello!
I need some help figuring out how to receive a string from a WinAPI call.
I must allocate a buffer for the string, and pass a pointer to it into the
function (along with the buffer size, in characters).
I want the buffer to contain zeroes at the beginning so that the function I'm
calling would not think that I'm passing some random junk left in there by
malloc.
Here's my code so far:
CONSTANT: OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT 2
STRUCT: OPENFILENAME
{ lStructSize DWORD }
{ hwndOwner HWND }
{ hInstance HINSTANCE }
{ lpstrFilter LPCTSTR }
{ lpstrCustomFilter LPTSTR }
{ nMaxCustFilter DWORD }
{ nFilterIndex DWORD }
{ lpstrFile LPTSTR }
{ nMaxFile DWORD }
{ lpstrFileTitle LPTSTR }
{ nMaxFileTitle DWORD }
{ lpstrInitialDir LPCTSTR }
{ lpstrTitle LPCTSTR }
{ Flags DWORD }
{ nFileOffset WORD }
{ nFileExtension WORD }
{ lpstrDefExt LPCTSTR }
{ lCustData LPARAM }
{ lpfnHook PVOID }
{ lpTemplateName LPCTSTR } ;
TYPEDEF: OPENFILENAME* LPOPENFILENAME
FUNCTION: BOOL GetSaveFileName ( LPOPENFILENAME lpofn )
: ask-file-name ( -- string/f )
[
OPENFILENAME malloc-struct &free dup size-of >>lStructSize
MAX_UNICODE_PATH malloc &free >>lpstrFile
MAX_UNICODE_PATH 2 /i 1 - >>nMaxFile
OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT >>Flags
dup GetSaveFileName
[ lpstrFile>> >string ] [ drop f ] if
] with-destructors ;
As you can see, I've used malloc, but I don't know how to set the initial few
bytes of the resulting alien to 0.
Also, I can't find the equivalent of sizeof() for the struct. What should I use
in Factor?
Lastly, do you think my calculation of nMaxFile (in characters) is valid, or is
there room for improvement there?
Thank you for any help you can spare.
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Александр
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