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Vladimir · Joined: 22 Nov 2006 Posts: 11

I've used MSWINMOD.F90 (found in include folder) in my program because it seems to contain more WIN32 API definitions than WIN32API.INS. The compiler became VERY angry!! There is a huge number of functions with arguments defined as WINSTRING, WOUTSTRING, or WINREF, and all of these functions are rejected by FTN95 with a message:

*** Bad argument descriptor in C_EXTERNAL

Help file and WIN32API.INS defines these arguments as INSTRING, OUTSTRING, STRING and REF. If I'll change all bad descriptors to these words, would it save a day?

PS: Yes, MSWINMOD.F90 seems to be outdated, and I used outdated WIN API functions. With appropriate choice of WIN API functions WINDOWS.INS is fine!

PaulLaidler · Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:26 am Post subject: Troubles with MSWINMOD.F90 usage

Vladimir

mswinmod.f90 is included for information only. A .MOD file has already been built for you (probably mswin.mod) and all you need is "USE mswin" in your code.