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reply Nieto <neto.ribeiro email.com> writes:
I'm trying to write a blinding and I found both IID_ITaskbarList 
and IID_ITaskbarList2 are defined but IID_ITaskbarList3 isn't. 
Any reason why it isn't defined? sorry if it sounds such a naive 
question, I'm new to COM and D interop. I knew a thing or two 


Then how do I define it myself?

I've tried this:

 GUID IID_ITaskbarList3 = 
 createGUIDFromString("{ea1afb91-9e28-4b86-90e9-9e9f8a5eefaf}");
 GUID createGUIDFromString(string guidStr) {
		GUID guid;
		wchar* GUID_STR = toUTFz!(wchar*)(guidStr);
		HRESULT hr = IIDFromString(GUID_STR, &guid);
		assert(SUCCEEDED(hr));
		return guid;
	}
I'm unsure if it's the proper way to do it (if not, please show me the right one) But the call to CoCreateInstance() still fails to access any member of m_pITaskBarList3 object, so I'm making sure I'm passing the correct arguments to the function. The memory access error is:
 object.Error (0): Access Violation
 HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_TaskbarList, null, 
 CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_ITaskbarList3,
 cast(void **)   &m_pITaskBarList3);
 assert(hr == S_OK);
The assert() doesn't run, so the error is somewhere else... I guess.
Oct 15 2017
parent reply evilrat <evilrat666 gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 15 October 2017 at 15:13:09 UTC, Nieto wrote:
 I'm trying to write a blinding and I found both 
 IID_ITaskbarList and IID_ITaskbarList2 are defined but 
 IID_ITaskbarList3 isn't. Any reason why it isn't defined? sorry 
 if it sounds such a naive question, I'm new to COM and D 


 Then how do I define it myself?

 I've tried this:

 GUID IID_ITaskbarList3 = 
 createGUIDFromString("{ea1afb91-9e28-4b86-90e9-9e9f8a5eefaf}");
 GUID createGUIDFromString(string guidStr) {
		GUID guid;
		wchar* GUID_STR = toUTFz!(wchar*)(guidStr);
		HRESULT hr = IIDFromString(GUID_STR, &guid);
		assert(SUCCEEDED(hr));
		return guid;
	}
I'm unsure if it's the proper way to do it (if not, please show me the right one) But the call to CoCreateInstance() still fails to access any member of m_pITaskBarList3 object, so I'm making sure I'm passing the correct arguments to the function. The memory access error is:
 object.Error (0): Access Violation
 HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_TaskbarList, null, 
 CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_ITaskbarList3,
 cast(void **)   &m_pITaskBarList3);
 assert(hr == S_OK);
The assert() doesn't run, so the error is somewhere else... I guess.
Did you call CoInitialize before creating anything? Is your ITaskbarList3 defined as interface? Here is the simple example anyway https://gist.github.com/Superbelko/277d86a17d497eae85a7f1788bfd83b4 There are no predefined GUID's and declarations for some stuff because standard WinAPI bindings is incomplete, you can probably contribute and add some https://github.com/dlang/druntime
Oct 15 2017
parent Nieto <neto.ribeiro email.com> writes:
On Monday, 16 October 2017 at 05:06:26 UTC, evilrat wrote:
 On Sunday, 15 October 2017 at 15:13:09 UTC, Nieto wrote:
 I'm trying to write a blinding and I found both 
 IID_ITaskbarList and IID_ITaskbarList2 are defined but 
 IID_ITaskbarList3 isn't. Any reason why it isn't defined? 
 sorry if it sounds such a naive question, I'm new to COM and D 


 Then how do I define it myself?

 I've tried this:

 GUID IID_ITaskbarList3 = 
 createGUIDFromString("{ea1afb91-9e28-4b86-90e9-9e9f8a5eefaf}");
 GUID createGUIDFromString(string guidStr) {
		GUID guid;
		wchar* GUID_STR = toUTFz!(wchar*)(guidStr);
		HRESULT hr = IIDFromString(GUID_STR, &guid);
		assert(SUCCEEDED(hr));
		return guid;
	}
I'm unsure if it's the proper way to do it (if not, please show me the right one) But the call to CoCreateInstance() still fails to access any member of m_pITaskBarList3 object, so I'm making sure I'm passing the correct arguments to the function. The memory access error is:
 object.Error (0): Access Violation
 HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_TaskbarList, null, 
 CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_ITaskbarList3,
 cast(void **)   &m_pITaskBarList3);
 assert(hr == S_OK);
The assert() doesn't run, so the error is somewhere else... I guess.
Did you call CoInitialize before creating anything? Is your ITaskbarList3 defined as interface? Here is the simple example anyway https://gist.github.com/Superbelko/277d86a17d497eae85a7f1788bfd83b4 There are no predefined GUID's and declarations for some stuff because standard WinAPI bindings is incomplete, you can probably contribute and add some https://github.com/dlang/druntime
Yes, I did call CoInitialize(null) before call CoCreateInstance(). I thoguht the GUID was some kind of constant value to identify the ITaskbarList3 (the struct name is even IID). I was dead wrong lol but I was just starting with the COM world. I defined CLSID_ITaskbarList3 like your IID_ITaskbarList3. I realized my mistake: out of C++ habit, I declared the ITaskbarList3 as a pointer! That's why it wasn't working. I didn't realized it until I read your code. Again, thank you very much. I'll try contibute to the WinAPI binding once mine is complete. Have a nice day! :)
Oct 16 2017