Re: Exporting a form from a DLL and docking it to main application

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From: Pang Fu
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:16

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Dear Mark,

Thank you for the explanation. I'll try to implement your steps and how to
use packages instead of DLLs?

Pang Fu

"Mark Guerrieri" <markg11@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> The problem is that each loaded dll gets its own copy of the VCL,
complete
> with its own Application object.  The prefered solution is to store forms
in
> dynamicly loaded packages.  The workaround is to:
>
> 1- Store the dll Application variable of dll load
> 2- Have the main app pass its Application variable to the dll and assign
> this to dll Application
> 3- Create forms to export with Application as parent
> 4- Delete all forms and restore original dll Application on dll unload.
>
> Again, using packages is much easier.
>
> Mark
>

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