Thread: DLLs for dummies

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    DLLs for dummies

    Does anyone have suggestions for good sites that will help a beginner create a DLL?

    I am trying to use mingw-msys (and have read their how to, and even tried the Petzold tome), but I am bit mystified about what I do to create for a c++ dll, what specific syntax for classes/functions I might need to use and the like.

    Any help much appreciated.

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    There aren't many special tricks on the DLL side. You will need to use the __declspec(dllimport) or __declspec(dllexport) keywords for your classes but other than that, I would only suggest you to read on DllMain() on MSDN.

    On the side of the program that's another story, though.

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    >>Does anyone have suggestions for good sites that will help a beginner create a DLL?<<

    Have you looked at the MinGW documentation page?
    CProgramming FAQ
    Caution: this person may be a carrier of the misinformation virus.

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    Parfik, as Pa would say.

    Just the start points I needed. Thanks muchly all.

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