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IPC between 32- and 64-bit apps using SendMessage

Started by jj2007, March 20, 2013, 09:09:46 PM

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jj2007

Since calling 32-bit dlls from the 64-bit world seems not to work, I tested IPC using RegisterWindowMessage and SendMessage. You can't use pointers, of course, but two dwords (or two REAL4) can in some cases be sufficient to tap a 32-bit library from a 64-bit app.

Results show that it's not a good solution for an innermost loop that runs a Million times: A single exchange of dwords takes roughly 10-30,000 cycles. Still, if some specific app ported from 32- to 64-bit depends on some exotic old 32-bit library, and speed is not an issue, it might be an option.

Attached three executables - extract to some folder and launch client.exe. The sources are also there, in an arc file with two PellesC projects and Client.asm (or Client.asc for those not scared of colours ;))

qWord

Which obscure packer do we need to unpack *.arc files? - zip files seems to be too trivial for that task.
MREAL macros - when you need floating point arithmetic while assembling!

frktons

Quote from: qWord on March 21, 2013, 01:23:17 AM
Which obscure packer do we need to unpack *.arc files? - zip files seems to be too trivial for that task.
Try WinRAR.
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frktons

There are only two days a year when you can't do anything: one is called yesterday, the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and, above all, live.

Dalai Lama

jj2007