WINFUNCTYPE
- WINFUNCTYPE(restype, *argtypes, use_errno=False, use_last_error=False)
The returned function prototype creates functions that use the stdcall calling convention. The function will release the GIL during the call. use_errno and use_last_error have the same meaning as above.
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1 Example
>>> from ctypes import c_int, WINFUNCTYPE, windll >>> from ctypes.wintypes import HWND, LPCWSTR, UINT >>> prototype = WINFUNCTYPE(c_int, HWND, LPCWSTR, LPCWSTR, UINT) >>> paramflags = (1, "hwnd", 0), (1, "text", "Hi"), (1, "caption", "Hello from ctypes"), (1, "flags", 0) >>> MessageBox = prototype(("MessageBoxW", windll.user32), paramflags)
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