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DLL Talk / Question: Is it possible to use another app's dll in DBP

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TinTin
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Posted: 25th Jul 2007 11:45
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I have several applications that have functions stored in dll's
some of these have user defined types as input/output parameters.

Instead of rewriting these dll's to include the extern to DBP is there a way of just including them with the app and calling the required function from DBP.

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IanM
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Posted: 25th Jul 2007 13:04
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There's no way to tell without trying it. If it works, great. If it doesn't, then you wasted a little time.

BTW, you need to think of the legality of doing it too. Distributing those DLLs when they don't belong to you may be copyright infringement.

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Posted: 25th Jul 2007 13:56
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Nah, the copyright isn't a problem, thats been taken care of. (sent the boys round to persuade the author. hehe)

As far as I can see, there are two types of dll. the first gets packaged along with the application (handy for updates) the seccond gets incorporated in tha application by the compiler (handy for library functions).

It's the second type I'd like to be using, and since this has already been compiled and works within C++ as an included set of functions that don't require the dll to be distributed with the app. I'm wondering if DBP can use the same dll. (I personaly don't think it will without creating a wrapper type dll)

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Posted: 25th Jul 2007 17:52
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You're correct - not without creating a wrapper. The easiest way to use the first type of dll is to include it as an 'attached media' with your exe and extract it before loading it with 'load dll'. Then, you can make DBp functions to make the dll calls easier to remember, if you want.

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Posted: 2nd Aug 2007 18:44
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Yeah, as I thought but some of these dll functions use and pass user defined types (I know DBP don't support this), so say my function in the dll is something like...

to convert it to DBP I'd need to call it...

but that won't let me pass the vector...

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