Re: Instantiating and calling a class contained in a DLL

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From: Bruce Salzman
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:49

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> Just a "heads up" - it is usually a bad idea to export classes from
> DLLs. If you are creating a package then it's okay but for general 
> use
> it's a no-no. The problem is that class exports are compiler/vendor
> unique and in exporting classes you are producing a DLL that is
> probably only useable by software written using the same compiler. 
> It's
> even conceivable that different versions of the same compiler will
> generate incompatible exports.

There is nothing wrong with exporting classes from DLLs. Makes for 
nice modularization and reuse of said classes in my project. If you 
don't need portability between compilers, then that is a non-issue. I 
do avoid using the VCL anywhere but in my EXE, though.

Regards,
Bruce

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