resources on linking to a dll

Hello,
I am looking for materials (tutorials, lessons etc) on linking to a dll.
With code examples & explanations. The code by itself doesn't help me much.

What is HInstance and what does it do?

Also, is there a way to find out what functions are inside a dll?

>> I am looking for materials (tutorials, lessons etc) on linking to a dll.
>> With code examples & explanations. The code by itself doesn't help me much.
http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial...eginners/10913 ?

>> What is HInstance and what does it do?
HINSTANCE is basically a pointer to the DLL/Application, you can use it to dynamically load functions and more.

>> Also, is there a way to find out what functions are inside a dll?
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dll_export_viewer.html

Thank you for those links, it is what I needed. And I have another question about Hinstance. From this tutorial

Quote:

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An HINSTANCE is a Windows dat type that is a handle to an instance; in this case, that instance will be the DLL

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What kind of objects can be instances? Could .exe file be the instance? How about images, sound files?
Also, how does LoadLibrary() find the DLL? is it looking in the same directory the program is in?

you pass LoadLibrary the path to the file.

Code:

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HInstance h = LoadLibrary("path/to/file.dll");
if(h)
{
    assignFunctionPointers(h);
}

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All you really need to know that some things returns HINSTANCE and some functions takes HINSTANCE. Just keep the data type all the way, and you'll be fine.