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440bx:
Hello,

In FPC v3.2.2, the definition of SetFilePointerEx is missing in Windows.pas.

Possible definitions:

--- Code: Pascal  [+][-]window.onload = function(){var x1 = document.getElementById("main_content_section"); if (x1) { var x = document.getElementsByClassName("geshi");for (var i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { x[i].style.maxHeight='none'; x[i].style.height = Math.min(x[i].clientHeight+15,306)+'px'; x[i].style.resize = "vertical";}};} ---const  kernel32 = 'kernel32'; function SetFilePointerEx           (            InFile               : THANDLE;            InDistanceToMove     : TLARGE_INTEGER;            OutoptNewFilePointer : PLARGE_INTEGER;            InMoveMethod         : DWORD           )         : BOOL; stdcall; external kernel32;  function SetFilePointerEx           (            InFile               : THANDLE;            InDistanceToMove     : int64;    { instead of LARGE_INTEGER       }            OutoptNewFilePointer : pint64;   {            PLARGE_INTEGER      }            InMoveMethod         : DWORD           )         : BOOL; stdcall; external kernel32; overload;  The first definition mirrors the MSDN definition exactly (except parameter names and "T" prefixed type names.)  The second one would be a "nice to have" overload.

Thaddy:
@440bx
pointers can not be negative so please, please declare them as unsigned. >:D >:D :D
We are not living in D2 days... :o

440bx:

--- Quote from: Thaddy on November 07, 2024, 10:53:39 am ---@440bx
pointers can not be negative so please, please declare them as unsigned. >:D >:D :D
We are not living in D2 days... :o

--- End quote ---
Wake up!!!

There are no negative pointers anywhere in the definitions I gave.  There are pointers to 64 bit integers, which can definitely be negative.  (LARGE_INTEGER is defined as a signed value)

As far as the D2 days, the definition that uses LARGE_INTEGER has nothing to do with the D2 days, it has everything to do with the fact that's the way it is defined by MS.  Check it out https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winnt/ns-winnt-large_integer-r1

BTW, that's the reason I suggested the overload with "pint64" (no... that's _not_ a signed pointer... <chuckle>)

Tell MS to stop using D2 ... it's a suggestion I have no doubt they will follow... you can claim credit to have guided them in the right direction. :)

That was entertaining... thank you for the chuckle.

Fibonacci:
@Thaddy: Is it not enough coffee or too much coffee?

marcov:
Fixed

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