Charset conversion
When a function parameter is declared as char* or wchar_t*,
PBInvoke automatically converts the charset of the string if PowerBuilder
native strings have different charset.
lnv_fn1 = lnv_somelib.of_declare_method("int strlen(char*s)")
lnv_fn2 = lnv_somelib.of_declare_method("int wcslen(wchar_t*s)")
// in PB9
ll_len = lnv_fn1.of_invoke("test") // no conversion, both caller and callee are ANSI
ll_len = lnv_fn2.of_invoke("test") // implicitly converts the string from ANSI to Unicode
// in PB10+
ll_len = lnv_fn1.of_invoke("test") // implicitly converts the string from Unicode to ANSI
ll_len = lnv_fn2.of_invoke("test") // no conversion, both caller and callee are Unicode
Combinations of char and wchar_t in one function are supported as well.
lnv_fn = lnv_somelib.of_declare_method("void some_fn(char*s1, wchar_t*s2)")
// in PB9
lb_res = lnv_fn.of_invoke("test1", "test2") // "test1" - no conversion
// "test2" - ANSI -> Unicode
// in PB10 - vice versa
Special handling is performed for TCHAR based parameters.
See Handling TCHAR and TSTR. Unicode/ANSI function name suffixes.
Passing numeric address of string instead of string
If you got an address of some string as a numeric value, for example as a result of calling another function,
you can pass this number instead of a PB string value. Passing 0 or null value gives NULL string pointers.
If a numeric address is passed instead of a string then no charset conversion is done.
lnv_fn = lnv_somelib.of_declare_method("void some_fn(char*s)")
lnv_s = lnv_core.of_create_value_of(LPSTR) // LPSTR is char* in WinAPI
lnv_fn.of_invoke(lnv_s.of_get_ptr()) // of_get_ptr() gets the numeric value of the pointer
// incorrect use:
lnv_s = lnv_core.of_create_value_of(LPWSTR) // LPWSTR is wchar_t* in WinAPI
lnv_fn.of_invoke(lnv_s.of_get_ptr()) // WRONG! because no conversion is done,
// and the function expects char* and not wchar_t*
// passing NULL
lnv_fn.of_invoke(0)
SetNull(ls_null)
lnv_fn.of_invoke(ls_null)
See also
Handling TCHAR and TSTR. Unicode/ANSI function name suffixes
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