Re: [Mingw-users] Headers for free distribution like for win32api

[Simon H. T. <od...@cs...>]

tir, 28 04 2009 kl. 23:49 +0100, skrev Chris Wilson:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Simon Holm Thøgersen wrote:
> 
> >> > which method has been used to create the win32api headers in a way that
> >> > made them eligible for release to the public domain?
> >> 
> >> They've been written by hand from published documentation,
> >> mostly from msdn:
> >
> > Thanks for the pointer. I was thinking of using MSDN myself, so I'll
> > just go ahead and do that.
> >
> > BTW I wonder if the VSS headers would be of interest to others. If they
> > are to anyone please speak up.
> 
> They would definitely be of interest to me, but last time I checked, it 
> was impossible to add headers for the most important part of VSS, the COM 
> interfaces, because we have no idea in what order the functions are 
> present in the Vtable, which is a critical piece of information needed to 
> create headers that allow you to call the correct functions (using the 
> correct offset into the Vtable).
> 
Yes, that it still a problem. I wonder which kind of of reverse
engineering that is allowed? Can (non-Microsoft) binaries be inspected?
Must it be done by others that write up the order in a document that I
then use?

> The functions on MSDN were listed "in alphabetical order". Originally they 
> claimed to be in "Vtable order", which would be great if it was correct, 
> but it was not correct.
> 
> If you find an open source for a list of the functions in vtable order 
> (e.g. MSDN, not the VSS include files), please let me know.


Simon