Thread: Can U Use a string to call a function

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    Can U Use a string to call a function

    Hi,

    Can someone please tell me if it is possible to use a string to call a function?

    If so can you give an example.

    thanks,
    Passy

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    A quick search produced this page, which I think is what you were after:

    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...+function+call

    Cheers,
    Z.
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    thx

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    Just to throw the cat among the pigeons.

    Given type information and a function pointer, this is entirely possible.

    See the windows function DispInvoke.

    DispInvoke builds a stack frame, coerces parameters using standard coercion rules, pushes them on the stack, and then calls the correct member function in the VTBL.

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