Account Options

  1. Sign in
The old Google Groups will be going away soon, but your browser is incompatible with the new version.
Google Groups Home
« Groups Home
comp.lang.ruby
+ new post
About this group
Subscribe to this group
This is a Usenet group - learn more
programmatic access to windows dlls on linux (FFI?)
Options
There are currently too many topics in this group that display first. To make this topic appear first, remove this option from another topic.
There was an error processing your request. Please try again.
flag
   2 messages - Collapse all  -  Translate all to Translated (View all originals)
The group you are posting to is a Usenet group. Messages posted to this group will make your email address visible to anyone on the Internet.
Your reply message has not been sent.
Your post was successful
 
From:
To:
Cc:
Followup To:
Add Cc | Add Followup-to | Edit Subject
Subject:
Validation:
For verification purposes please type the characters you see in the picture below or the numbers you hear by clicking the accessibility icon. Listen and type the numbers you hear
 
jtprince  
View profile  
 More options Jan 12 2011, 1:32 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
From: jtprince <jtpri...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:32:24 -0800 (PST)
Local: Wed, Jan 12 2011 1:32 pm
Subject: programmatic access to windows dlls on linux (FFI?)
Print | Individual message | Show original | Report this message | Find messages by this author
We have a particularly important file that is in a binary, proprietary
format (annoying, yes).  But, the company releases a small, standalone
library with dlls for accessing the file format.

The dlls are all in one folder and interface the binary file through a
COM interface.  The functions are well documented.

Is there any way to build an FFI interface (or in some other way)
access the dll's to then read these files,
**but from within linux**?  I know I can use wine, but I'd like to not
have to use wine, if at all possible.  Is it possible?

Thanks in advance!


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
Luis Lavena  
View profile  
 More options Jan 12 2011, 3:04 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby
From: Luis Lavena <luislav...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:04:46 -0800 (PST)
Local: Wed, Jan 12 2011 3:04 pm
Subject: Re: programmatic access to windows dlls on linux (FFI?)
Print | Individual message | Show original | Report this message | Find messages by this author
On Jan 12, 3:32 pm, jtprince <jtpri...@gmail.com> wrote:

> We have a particularly important file that is in a binary, proprietary
> format (annoying, yes).  But, the company releases a small, standalone
> library with dlls for accessing the file format.

> The dlls are all in one folder and interface the binary file through a
> COM interface.  The functions are well documented.

> Is there any way to build an FFI interface (or in some other way)
> access the dll's to then read these files,
> **but from within linux**?  I know I can use wine, but I'd like to not
> have to use wine, if at all possible.  Is it possible?

Well, no.

The ActiveX (COM) Library depends on Windows libraries, so you need a
Windows system or an emulation layer.

The portable COM architecture from Mozilla (XPCOM) will not help you
on that since the binary is still PE and not ELF and links and uses
libraries your Linux system doesn't know.

--
Luis Lavena


 
You must Sign in before you can post messages.
To post a message you must first join this group.
Please update your nickname on the subscription settings page before posting.
You do not have the permission required to post.
End of messages
« Back to Discussions « Newer topic     Older topic »

Create a group - Google Groups - Google Home - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy
©2013 Google