API from another program

[wigen]

hmm.. let me explain, say i made a game on aol 5 back in the day, but dont have the code anymore, is there a way to make my own program have the same API as aol 5, so i can have the api calls to the texboxes sent to the program instead?

[kleinma]

The answer is probably no, but you need to explain a little further, and also where does AOL 5 fit into anything, and how did you make a game on it?

[wigen]

was a chat room game, set up a character like a mage or a warrior,
you have a password with all your information/exp

send the host the pw, and he can put it in the chat displays

wigen: lvl 10: warrior: hp 500: mp 10: do you confirm
type /yes or /no

you would type /yes in chat and you start a battle with the other person or multiple people.

youd level up and get xp and whatnot, and an encrypted pw so you can lvl up a character whenever.

the program would send the text to the chatroom through windows api, would also pick up whats being said.


so the question is, is there a way to create a chatroom through vb with the same api names as aol5? so when it searches for aol5's normal api it goes through this program instead?

[kleinma]

That really all depends on how the original program was written.. if it was written using simple APIs like finding the chat window by its title, then its possible, but if its was finding the chat window through more complicated APIs, like finding the chat window by its class type, or by the AOL exe itself, or whatever then it would be either impossible, or similar to looking for a needle in a haystack...

It would most likely be easier to write a new program from scratch.

[wigen]

i am pretty sure it was found by window class type,
_aolchild_ or whatnot.

[wigen]

it was a huge program not something that can be remade easily thats why i even ask this. 10 types of character classes, each with 15 something moves/abilites + 100 or so abilites everyone has, about 200 items/equipment.