Type       ID  Size  Range
    --------- ---- ---- -------------
    Byte        ?   1   0..255
    Word       ??   2   0..65535
    Dword     ???   4   Only Linux version for now...
    Short       %   2   -32768..32767
    Integer     &   4   -2147483648..2147483647
    Long        &   4   -2147483648..2147483647
    Single      !   4   1.5 x 1045..3.4 x 1038
    Double      #   8   5.0 x 10324..1.7 x 10308

 

Rules to remember when porting code written for application
programming interfaces (API)

 

C data type        Visual Basic               RapidQ type

ATOM                ByVal Var As Integer        INTEGER

BOOL                ByVal Var As Long           LONG

BYTE                ByVal Var As Byte           BYTE

CHAR                ByVal Var As Byte           BYTE

COLORREF            ByVal Var As Long           LONG

DWORD               ByVal Var As Long           LONG, or DWORD

HWND                ByVal Var As Long           LONG

HDC                 ByVal Var As Long           LONG

HMENU,etc.

(Windows handles)   ByVal Var As Long           LONG

HDC                 ByVal Var As Long           LONG

INT, UINT           ByVal Var As Long           LONG, INTEGER

LONG                ByVal Var As Long           LONG

LPARAM              ByVal Var As Long           LONG

LPDWORD             ByRef Var As Long           LONG

LPINT, LPUINT       ByRef Var As Long           LONG

LPRECT              ByRef Var As type           AS QRECT (Pointer to UDT)

LPSTR, LPCSTR       ByVal Var As String         STRING (converted to pointer)

 

** RapidQ passes STRING type variable as a pointer (i.e., by reference). When calling
a DLL with a STRING variable type you must have the correct DECLARE statement:

MyAPIFunc(lpstr AS STRING) :e.g.,  MyAPIFunc(A$)

       OR

MyAPIFunc(lpstr AS LONG) :e.g.,  MyAPIFunc(VARPTR(A$))

you cannot pass a string as an array of chars

 

LPVOID              ByRef Var As Any            LONG (Pointer, not STRING)

LPWORD              ByRef Var As Integer        INTEGER

LRESULT             ByVal Var As Long           LONG

NULL                ByVal Var As Long           ByVal 0&

SHORT               ByVal Var As Integer        SHORT

VOID                SUB(vars)                   SUB(vars) no return var

WORD                ByVal Var As Integer        WORD

PDWORD              ByRef var AS LONG           LONG (pointer to a dword)

WPARAM              ByVal Var As Long           LONG

 

Many other types exist- the general rule is that if C declares the variable with an “L” or “LP” as the fist characters then it is a pointer of type LONG. RapidQ can accept but does not strictly support the unsigned data types such as DWORD, UINT8, UINT16, UINT32, UINT64,etc.