C to .lua YAC Listener

[ianhull]

Hi all, I would like to convert this C file into .lua so I can make a YAC listener in AMS

can anyone please help?

H file

//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
// Used by YACTextSend.rc
//
#define IDI_APP                         101

// Next default values for new objects
// 
#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        102
#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40001
#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1001
#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
#endif
#endif

C file

/*  YAC: Yet Another Caller ID Program - YAC Text Send Sample Program
 *  Copyright (C) 2002 Jensen Harris (jensen@sunflowerhead.com)
 *  http://www.sunflowerhead.com
 *
 *  YAC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 *  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
 *  Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
 *  later version.
 *
 *  YAC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
 *  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 *  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
 *  details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 *  with YAC; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 *  59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 *  File: YACTextSend.c
 *  Version: 1.0
 *  Last Modified: 11 September 2002
 *
 *  COMMENTS
 *  This program illustrates how you can communicate with YAC from your own
 *  code.  Although the sample program below is in C, it could have just as
 *  easily been in Visual Basic, Delphi, or even C#.
 *
 *  In order to send text through YAC, the YAC server must be running on
 *  your computer.  The steps necessary to communicate with YAC are:
 *
 *  1) Find the YAC message window.  This window has the class name
 *     "YACMainWindow".  If this window is not present, then YAC is not
 *     running.
 *
 *  2) Fill out a COPYDATASTRUCT structure with your string (max 300 chars)
 *     and the number of bytes.
 *
 *  3) Send YAC a WM_COPYDATA message with a pointer to your COPYDATASTRUCT
 *     struct as lparam.  YAC handles this message and will format, display,
 *     and broadcast your message to all listeners.
 *
 */

#include <windows.h>

#define MAX_CHARS	300

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInst,
				   LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
	HWND hwnd;
	COPYDATASTRUCT cds;
	TCHAR szText[MAX_CHARS];

	ZeroMemory(szText, sizeof(szText));
	ZeroMemory(&cds, sizeof(cds));

	// Find the YAC hidden window to send the message to
	hwnd = FindWindow("YACMainWindow", NULL);

	// If we didn't get a window handle back, YAC must not be running.
	if (!hwnd)
		return -1;

	// Grab the text from the command line
	strncpy(szText, lpCmdLine, MAX_CHARS - 1);

	// Fill out the COPYDATASTRUCT structure to pass to YAC
	cds.cbData = (DWORD)(strlen(szText) * sizeof(TCHAR));
	cds.lpData = (void *)szText;

	// Send the packed message to YAC
	SendMessage(hwnd, WM_COPYDATA, (WPARAM)NULL, (LPARAM)&cds);

	return 0;
}

[ShadowUK]

Do you want to see if a certain window is open?

[ianhull]

Hi Shadow, yes that would be a good start.

if you can show me this I can then maybe seek help from other users to do the other actions.

I think that i came accross enumerate processes in AMS 5 wich may help see if the server is running, i know that the server application is not visible so it may not be classed as an open window.
thanks in advance