Re: Calling one app's function from another app

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 02:08

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"Greg Bullock" <greg dot bullock at atk dot com> wrote in message
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> AppOne exports a function declared as follows:
>
> TMyStruct __stdcall __declspec(dllimport) GetMyStruct(
>           const char *StrA,
>           const char *StrB,
>           const SYSTEMTIME& DateTime);

That is not an export.  That is an import.

> AppTwo attempts to call this function using code something
> like the following:

I do not suggest you do it that way.  Why do you need applications to call
each other's functions in the first place?  That is not a very good design.
Shared code should be placed into a DLL instead.  Otherwise, you should use
Automation or RPC to allow applications to call each others functions in a
safe manner.


Gambit

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