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Time Runner
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2003 12:58
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I already have a question. Can DBPro compile DLLs too ? If not are
there any plans to support that ?

Thanks for the reply

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Nilrem
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2003 13:28
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No, I as far as I know anyways, however you can call functions from them, for example, you can write a .dll in c++ and compile it in something like Visual C++, then in your actual DB code you can manipulate the .dll file.

I think that's how it is anyways.

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2003 14:56
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well technically it could compile DLLs... but you'd need to program the compiler yourself probably add it in as a preprocessor compiler.

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MrTAToad
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You can get around it by using IanM's DLL to do the main code in a C/Pascal/whatever DLL, and just use the DBPro DLL's to do the graphics.

That way you can do a DLL...

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Time Runner
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Hi everybody,

My idea would be to have a splash screen of my application doing some
special effects written in DBP but I don't see how. A DLL compiler needs to export its function so an executable can call them. There are some slight differences in an exe compiler and an dll compiler.
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Rob K
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Create a DBP exe with your splashscreen and call it splash.exe. At the end of your splash.exe code you call EXECUTE FILE mainapp.exe

Easy

Exes and DLLs are quite different. Basically Exes are self-initialising, but DLLs have to be loaded and called by another exe. It wouldn't be 5 minutes work to make a DLL compiler. Interestingly though, an exe can export functions like DLLs IIRC (not absolutely sure on this). Maybe the easiest option would be to have DBP create the exes as normal but have a flag to export a function:

function myfunction(varA,varB) export
'Do stuff
endfunction result

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Ian T
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Altough I believe that MrTAtoad has a nice Splash Screen DLL on his website, in his link .

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MrTAToad
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Posted: 4th Jun 2003 11:18 Edited at: 4th Jun 2003 11:18
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I do indeedly..

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