Edit File: 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)