I wonder ... :-)

[Bryan Gruneberg]

Greetings all ! 

I have a task ahead of me. I need to write an application that will
access a RFID reader. We have a library from the supplier that contains
all the functions, and we have it in two forms. A static .lib file and a
dll, but both are Win32 libraries. From what I have read, utilising WINE 
I should be able to load this library along with a WineLib excecutable, 
and then code the rest of the program in Unix C++. Am I right here ?

If so, can anyone help me out with a few lines of example code ? I have
read the WineLib users guide, but I cant seem to come right.

Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

Thanks in advance

Bryan Gruneberg


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[Uwe Bonnes]

> > > > > "Bryan" == Bryan Gruneberg <bryan(a)kage.co.za> writes:

Bryan> Greetings all !  I have a task ahead of me. I need to write an
    Bryan> application that will access a RFID reader. We have a library

What is an RFID reader? R_adio F_requency I_dentifucation D_evice?
Probably a device connected external to your PC. I mostly will use drivers
(.vxd, .sys) by using  
CreateFile( ...,"\\\\.\\<xxx>"...), DeviceIO(...))
The driver may be internal or external. Only a few MS internal drivers are
implemented, only to a small extend. Every functionality of the driver your
programm uses needs to be implemented in wine. No MS or external drivers may
be used by Wine.
 
    Bryan> from the supplier that contains all the functions, and we have it
    Bryan> in two forms. A static .lib file and a dll, but both are Win32
    Bryan> libraries. From what I have read, utilising WINE I should be able
    Bryan> to load this library along with a WineLib excecutable, and then
    Bryan> code the rest of the program in Unix C++. Am I right here ?

    Bryan> If so, can anyone help me out with a few lines of example code ?
    Bryan> I have read the WineLib users guide, but I cant seem to come
    Bryan> right.

Run the application and look what is does. Find out more about the driver.

Bye
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