RosettaCodeData/Task/Call-a-function-in-a-shared-library/Ada/call-a-function-in-a-shared-library-1.adb
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Ada

with Ada.Text_IO; use Ada.Text_IO;
with Interfaces; use Interfaces;
with Interfaces.C; use Interfaces.C;
with System; use System;
with Ada.Unchecked_Conversion;
procedure Shared_Library_Call is
--
-- Interface to kernel32.dll which is responsible for loading DLLs under Windows.
-- There are ready to use Win32 bindings. We don't want to use them here.
--
type HANDLE is new Unsigned_32; -- on x64 system, replace by Unsigned_64 to make it work
function LoadLibrary (lpFileName : char_array) return HANDLE;
pragma Import (stdcall, LoadLibrary, "LoadLibrary", "_LoadLibraryA"); -- Ada95 does not have the @n suffix.
function GetProcAddress (hModule : HANDLE; lpProcName : char_array)
return Address;
pragma Import (stdcall, GetProcAddress, "GetProcAddress", "_GetProcAddress"); --
--
-- The interface of the function we want to call. It is a pointer (access type)
-- because we will link it dynamically. The function is from User32.dll
--
type MessageBox is access function
( hWnd : Address := Null_Address;
lpText : char_array;
lpCaption : char_array := To_C ("Greeting");
uType : Unsigned_16 := 0
) return Integer_16;
pragma Convention (Stdcall, MessageBox);
function To_MessageBox is new Ada.Unchecked_Conversion (Address, MessageBox);
Library : HANDLE := LoadLibrary (To_C ("user32.dll"));
Pointer : Address := GetProcAddress (Library, To_C ("MessageBoxA"));
begin
if Pointer /= Null_Address then
declare
Result : Integer_16;
begin
Result := To_MessageBox (Pointer) (lpText => To_C ("Hello!"));
end;
else
Put_Line ("Unable to load the library " & HANDLE'Image (Library));
end if;
end Shared_Library_Call;