Re: [Chicken-users] ActiveX dll files in Windows

[Alex Charlton]

Anything you can do in C, you can do in CHICKEN, so yes you can do it, but 
ActiveX may not be particularly easy.

If you have a good grasp of C, C++, and the Windows COM model, it should be 
fairly straightforward. You’d probably create a C interface to DirectX 
functions, then call those through the CHICKEN FFI. I know next to nothing 
about COM, but a quick search suggests that is not the easiest to work with 
through C. So unfortunately, even if you are familiar with all these 
technologies, it would likely represent a fair amount of work.

If you are interested in seeing what it takes to call C functions from CHICKEN, 
take a look at: 
http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Interface%20to%20external%20functions%20and%20variables

OpenGL is easy to get up and running, though ;)


John Sampson writes:

> Is it possible to call procedures or functions in a third-party ActiveX 
> dll in Microsoft Windows from a Chicken Scheme program?
>
> If so, how would this be done?
>
> Regards
>
> John Sampson
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-- 
Alex