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Article #12131Re: Adding new functionality to your BCB\KylixC++ applications without changing its main code.
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:02
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 12:02
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The following adr also points to a plugin system components, http://homepages.borland.com/jkaster/ccds/bcb6/orcka_development/orcka_component_suite/ but the link to www.orcka.com seems to be death. Does anybody have an idea about Orcka's plugin components? "Andrue Cope" <not.a.valid@email.address.sorry> wrote in message news:VA.000020b4.00a35143@email.address.sorry... > , > > > Is there any sample code showing how to add new functions to your > > BCB/KylixC++ apllication without changing its main code but adding new > > plugin modules to application directory ? > > > > 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. > -- > Andrue Cope > [Bicester, UK] >
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