Re: Adding new functionality to your BCB\KylixC++ applications without changing its main code.

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From: Plug and Play
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 11:58

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Andrue,

Thx for your reply. Do you also consider using your plugin mechanism in
KylixC++ as well? If so, what do you use in the KylixC++ version instead of
DLLs ?


"Andrue Cope" <not.a.valid@email.address.sorry> wrote in message
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> lol, I'm doing this right now. AFAIK you have to develop your own plugin
> mechanism/API. If you know how to develop and use DLLs then it's the
> same mechanism except that you code your application to look for
> multiple DLLs to import functions from.
>
> If you've only ever used IMPLIB before now (coward <g>) then it's time
> you looked at LoadLibrary/FreeLibrary and GetProcAddress.
>
> I can't post any examples because what I'm working on is company
> confidential but I'm not giving much away if I say that I have a
> std::vector of structures that contain function pointers that are
> populated using GetProcAddress()
>
> As for finding the DLLs we're using a list in the Registry but you could
> use FindFirst/Next/Close instead.
> --

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