Module definition file

Hello everyone,


The PRIVATE keyword of module definition file (.DEF) means,

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...d3(vs.80).aspx

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The optional keyword PRIVATE prevents entryname from being placed in the import library generated by LINK. It has no effect on the export in the image also generated by LINK.
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My questions are,

1. Does it has any practical usage to prevent the exported function from import library file?

2. If the exported function is not in the import library file, then other component has to use LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress to use the DLL, other than using implicit link?


thanks in advance,
George

No luck, eh?
http://groups.google.co.in/group/com...c1661d3c2ae4e9
http://forums.devarticles.com/c-c-he...le-125565.html
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=439419

Oh, wait, some of your other posts on MSDN have some responses, like this one.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...51268&SiteID=1

If you put it on tons of forums, someone will know the answer, eh? ;) One of the problems with that is that people like me will research the problem when it's already been solved, unless you go to every forum and say that the problem is solved.