wintypes.py
# The most useful windows datatypes
import ctypes
BYTE = ctypes.c_byte
WORD = ctypes.c_ushort
DWORD = ctypes.c_ulong
#UCHAR = ctypes.c_uchar
CHAR = ctypes.c_char
WCHAR = ctypes.c_wchar
UINT = ctypes.c_uint
INT = ctypes.c_int
DOUBLE = ctypes.c_double
FLOAT = ctypes.c_float
BOOLEAN = BYTE
BOOL = ctypes.c_long
class VARIANT_BOOL(ctypes._SimpleCData):
_type_ = "v"
def __repr__(self):
return "%s(%r)" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.value)
ULONG = ctypes.c_ulong
LONG = ctypes.c_long
USHORT = ctypes.c_ushort
SHORT = ctypes.c_short
# in the windows header files, these are structures.
_LARGE_INTEGER = LARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.c_longlong
_ULARGE_INTEGER = ULARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.c_ulonglong
LPCOLESTR = LPOLESTR = OLESTR = ctypes.c_wchar_p
LPCWSTR = LPWSTR = ctypes.c_wchar_p
LPCSTR = LPSTR = ctypes.c_char_p
LPCVOID = LPVOID = ctypes.c_void_p
# WPARAM is defined as UINT_PTR (unsigned type)
# LPARAM is defined as LONG_PTR (signed type)
if ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_long) == ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p):
WPARAM = ctypes.c_ulong
LPARAM = ctypes.c_long
elif ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_longlong) == ctypes.sizeof(ctypes.c_void_p):
WPARAM = ctypes.c_ulonglong
LPARAM = ctypes.c_longlong
ATOM = WORD
LANGID = WORD
COLORREF = DWORD
LGRPID = DWORD
LCTYPE = DWORD
LCID = DWORD
################################################################
# HANDLE types
HANDLE = ctypes.c_void_p # in the header files: void *
HACCEL = HANDLE
HBITMAP = HANDLE
HBRUSH = HANDLE
HCOLORSPACE = HANDLE
HDC = HANDLE
HDESK = HANDLE
HDWP = HANDLE
HENHMETAFILE = HANDLE
HFONT = HANDLE
HGDIOBJ = HANDLE
HGLOBAL = HANDLE
HHOOK = HANDLE
HICON = HANDLE
HINSTANCE = HANDLE
HKEY = HANDLE
HKL = HANDLE
HLOCAL = HANDLE
HMENU = HANDLE
HMETAFILE = HANDLE
HMODULE = HANDLE
HMONITOR = HANDLE
HPALETTE = HANDLE
HPEN = HANDLE
HRGN = HANDLE
HRSRC = HANDLE
HSTR = HANDLE
HTASK = HANDLE
HWINSTA = HANDLE
HWND = HANDLE
SC_HANDLE = HANDLE
SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE = HANDLE
################################################################
# Some important structure definitions
class RECT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("left", LONG),
("top", LONG),
("right", LONG),
("bottom", LONG)]
tagRECT = _RECTL = RECTL = RECT
class _SMALL_RECT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [('Left', SHORT),
('Top', SHORT),
('Right', SHORT),
('Bottom', SHORT)]
SMALL_RECT = _SMALL_RECT
class _COORD(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [('X', SHORT),
('Y', SHORT)]
class POINT(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("x", LONG),
("y", LONG)]
tagPOINT = _POINTL = POINTL = POINT
class SIZE(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("cx", LONG),
("cy", LONG)]
tagSIZE = SIZEL = SIZE
def RGB(red, green, blue):
return red + (green << 8) + (blue << 16)
class FILETIME(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("dwLowDateTime", DWORD),
("dwHighDateTime", DWORD)]
_FILETIME = FILETIME
class MSG(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("hWnd", HWND),
("message", UINT),
("wParam", WPARAM),
("lParam", LPARAM),
("time", DWORD),
("pt", POINT)]
tagMSG = MSG
MAX_PATH = 260
class WIN32_FIND_DATAA(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("dwFileAttributes", DWORD),
("ftCreationTime", FILETIME),
("ftLastAccessTime", FILETIME),
("ftLastWriteTime", FILETIME),
("nFileSizeHigh", DWORD),
("nFileSizeLow", DWORD),
("dwReserved0", DWORD),
("dwReserved1", DWORD),
("cFileName", CHAR * MAX_PATH),
("cAlternateFileName", CHAR * 14)]
class WIN32_FIND_DATAW(ctypes.Structure):
_fields_ = [("dwFileAttributes", DWORD),
("ftCreationTime", FILETIME),
("ftLastAccessTime", FILETIME),
("ftLastWriteTime", FILETIME),
("nFileSizeHigh", DWORD),
("nFileSizeLow", DWORD),
("dwReserved0", DWORD),
("dwReserved1", DWORD),
("cFileName", WCHAR * MAX_PATH),
("cAlternateFileName", WCHAR * 14)]
################################################################
# Pointer types
LPBOOL = PBOOL = ctypes.POINTER(BOOL)
PBOOLEAN = ctypes.POINTER(BOOLEAN)
LPBYTE = PBYTE = ctypes.POINTER(BYTE)
PCHAR = ctypes.POINTER(CHAR)
LPCOLORREF = ctypes.POINTER(COLORREF)
LPDWORD = PDWORD = ctypes.POINTER(DWORD)
LPFILETIME = PFILETIME = ctypes.POINTER(FILETIME)
PFLOAT = ctypes.POINTER(FLOAT)
LPHANDLE = PHANDLE = ctypes.POINTER(HANDLE)
PHKEY = ctypes.POINTER(HKEY)
LPHKL = ctypes.POINTER(HKL)
LPINT = PINT = ctypes.POINTER(INT)
PLARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.POINTER(LARGE_INTEGER)
PLCID = ctypes.POINTER(LCID)
LPLONG = PLONG = ctypes.POINTER(LONG)
LPMSG = PMSG = ctypes.POINTER(MSG)
LPPOINT = PPOINT = ctypes.POINTER(POINT)
PPOINTL = ctypes.POINTER(POINTL)
LPRECT = PRECT = ctypes.POINTER(RECT)
LPRECTL = PRECTL = ctypes.POINTER(RECTL)
LPSC_HANDLE = ctypes.POINTER(SC_HANDLE)
PSHORT = ctypes.POINTER(SHORT)
LPSIZE = PSIZE = ctypes.POINTER(SIZE)
LPSIZEL = PSIZEL = ctypes.POINTER(SIZEL)
PSMALL_RECT = ctypes.POINTER(SMALL_RECT)
LPUINT = PUINT = ctypes.POINTER(UINT)
PULARGE_INTEGER = ctypes.POINTER(ULARGE_INTEGER)
PULONG = ctypes.POINTER(ULONG)
PUSHORT = ctypes.POINTER(USHORT)
PWCHAR = ctypes.POINTER(WCHAR)
LPWIN32_FIND_DATAA = PWIN32_FIND_DATAA = ctypes.POINTER(WIN32_FIND_DATAA)
LPWIN32_FIND_DATAW = PWIN32_FIND_DATAW = ctypes.POINTER(WIN32_FIND_DATAW)
LPWORD = PWORD = ctypes.POINTER(WORD)