just had the idea of writing a quick guide to do what I found out

I'm finding out there's really not as much I can do

but about every time I look at the files I find something new about them

this is the unofficial guide

this is what you would find at https://api.elitemmonetwork.com/doku.php?id=eliteapi:functions:entity:setstatus

ELITEAPI_API bool __stdcall SetStatus(void* apiObject, int index, unsigned int status);

important parts: bool __stdcall, apiObject, int index, int status

bool tells you to use elite_api.SetStatus.restype = ctypes.c_bool

__stdcall tells you to use WinDLL in the line 

elite_api = ctypes.WinDLL(r"D:\Downloads\EliteAPI.dll")

elite_api.GetPlayerIndex.restype = ctypes.c_int

    elite_api.GetPlayerIndex.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]

    elite_api.SetStatus.restype = ctypes.c_bool

    elite_api.SetStatus.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_uint]

loading a function from a dll using this method

the ctypes.whatever always needs to be added

this was the hardest part of me learning the correct code

but to find it you just look at the first line

ELITEAPI_API bool __stdcall SetStatus(void* apiObject, int index, unsigned int status);

which tells you that you need void int and unit right in the line

so it was all right there and pretty simple

apiObject is the pointer which tells you to use the line

instance_pointer = elite_api.CreateInstance(my_integer)

if you take a second to look at the code about it is

a name(instance_pointer in this case) = elite.api(the name of the dll) CreateInstance is the function to connect to a ffxi instance (my_integer) is a little complicated we use

selected_process_name = process_dropdown.get()

    if selected_process_name in process_info:

        pid = process_info[selected_process_name]

        my_integer = int(f"{pid}")

this is a little complicated because it has more code to actually make the dropdown menu work

but what it is saying is selected process name = get and hold the process that you select

then hold the pid which is the process id now to use the process id you type {pid}

player_index = elite_api.GetPlayerIndex(api_object_ptr)

        print(f"Player index: {player_index}")

this is a small part of code to find the player index about the same as above

it doesn't get used in the code below because I input the index manually

        index_value = 1330

        entity_status = 31

is manually setting the index value which you would find with the code above and a little more code

entity_status is also manually entered but the same every time always 31 if you want to clip

SetEntityStatus = elite_api.SetStatus(instance_pointer, index_value, entity_status)

        result =  SetEntityStatus

        if result:

            print("Entity status set successfully.")

        else:

            print("Failed to set entity status.")

        while True:

            SetEntityStatus = elite_api.SetStatus(instance_pointer, index_value, entity_status)

            result =  SetEntityStatus

            if result:

                print("Entity status set successfully.")

            else:

                print("Failed to set entity status.")

                break

above is firing off the set status pointer which makes use of the instance pointer, index value, and entity status

all this is set right above

def clip():

    # Attempt to load the DLL

    elite_api = ctypes.WinDLL(r"D:\Downloads\EliteAPI.dll")  # Replace "mydll.dll" with the actual DLL file name

    elite_api.GetPlayerIndex.restype = ctypes.c_int

    elite_api.GetPlayerIndex.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]

    elite_api.SetStatus.restype = ctypes.c_bool

    elite_api.SetStatus.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_int, ctypes.c_uint]

    selected_process_name = process_dropdown.get()

    if selected_process_name in process_info:

        pid = process_info[selected_process_name]

        my_integer = int(f"{pid}")

        instance_pointer = elite_api.CreateInstance(my_integer)

        api_object_ptr = ctypes.cast(instance_pointer, ctypes.c_void_p)

        player_index = elite_api.GetPlayerIndex(api_object_ptr)

        print(f"Player index: {player_index}")

        index_value = 1330

        entity_status = 31

        SetEntityStatus = elite_api.SetStatus(instance_pointer, index_value, entity_status)

        result =  SetEntityStatus

        if result:

            print("Entity status set successfully.")

        else:

            print("Failed to set entity status.")

        while True:

            SetEntityStatus = elite_api.SetStatus(instance_pointer, index_value, entity_status)

            result =  SetEntityStatus

            if result:

                print("Entity status set successfully.")

            else:

                print("Failed to set entity status.")

                break

and besides learning a little bit about tkinkter and a little bit about importing

this is basically it

now the code won't run on it's own but it only needs a few more sections of code

-upbeat