[cw-discuss] Converting .dll to .so for Express Scribe Foot Pedal

[Jeremy White]

Hi Marither,

I'm sure that Wine (and therefore CrossOver) could provide
a solution.  However, someone has to be motivated to make that
happen.  Either a talented volunteer programmer, or the company
that makes it, or someone who's willing to pay a lot of money to
motivate a programmer to see it happen.   That hasn't happened :-/.

Cheers,

Jeremy

Marither Anastacio wrote:
>  Converting .dll to .so for Express Scribe Foot Pedal
>  
> How come there's no driver for Express Scribe Foot Pedal in Linux,
> specifically in Ubuntu 6.10? Anyone who knows how to convert the .dll
> below to .so? Can a Crossover or Wine emulator do something abt this?
> 
> 
> Supporting your own Pedals with a Pedal Driver DLL
> If you are a manufacturer or distributor of pedals and want your pedals
> to work directly you can write a driver dll. Just install the dll in the
> Windows/System32 folder and Express Scribe will automatically detect
> them when it next runs.
> Note: The information which follows is intended for professional
> programmers only. If you are not a professional programmer, please
> retain one to build the dll for you.
> 
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> The DLL must be named "pedaldrv.dll".
> The DLL must export the following functions...
> 
> 
> typedef void* HPEDALS;
> // typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
> 
> #define ESPEDALS_RIGHT uint16_t(0x0001)
> #define ESPEDALS_LEFT uint16_t(0x0002)
> #define ESPEDALS_MID uint16_t(0x0004)
> // Note: If supporting 2 pedals only use ESPEDALS_RIGHT and ESPEDALS_LEFT
> // Note: If support 1 pedal only use ESPEDALS_LEFT
> 
> extern "C" HPEDALS ExpressScribePedalsOpen();
> // This is used to initialize data and connect to the pedals
> // Should return NULL if pedals are not available or it fails.
> // Returns an opaque 'handle'. Express Scribe just passes the same
> // 'handle' value back to Scan and Close (below).
> 
> extern "C" uint16_t ExpressScribePedalsScan(HPEDALS hPedals);
> // Returns the or'd state of the pedals with the ESPEDALS_ constants above.
> // Returns 0 on failure (or if no pedals pushed)
> 
> extern "C" void ExpressScribePedalsClose(HPEDALS hPedals);
> // This is used to close the connection to the pedals.
> // Must not crash if NULL value is passed in hPedals.
> 
> 
> You need to write your own installer to distribute the dll (with your
> pedals) and to install it in the Windows/System32 folder.
> 
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> http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=220516&messageID=2221324
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