1. DLLs

hello.

i was wondering...

how do u ppl know what is in a dll  and what it does  and how to use it?   is 
there a special program i should be aware of?  when i look at a dll it isnt 
very human-readable.

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2. Re: DLLs

>how do u ppl know what is in a dll

If all you have is the dll, then open it with notepad or any text editor and 
search for the name of the dll within itself (eg. if the name of the dll is 
xyz.dll then open it and search for the string xyz.dll). Just after (or 
before) the name should be a list of all functions it exports.

>and what it does  and how to use it?   is

This can't be done with just the dll afaik. You'll need some kind of 
documentation, or it's pretty much useless (from a programmer's 
perspective).

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3. Re: DLLs

HMMMM, tried your suggestion.  Quickview didn't come up in the context
menu.

So, tried OPEN with quickview.  Received message "There are no viewers
registered for this type of file.  Would you like to try the default
viewers?".

Of course, I replied "yes".

Received message "There are no viewers capable of viewing Application
Extension files."

Any suggestions?


Brian Campbell  12/04/1997


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>original message follows:
/Date:    Tue, 2 Dec 1997 22:49:29 +1300
/From:    Mike Fowler <mike.fowler at NELSUN.GEN.NZ>
/Subject: DLL's
;
/gidday all...
;
/Today i discovered that Quick View (a wee app that comes with /WIN95)
can
/tell you a lot about DLL's.
;
/Simply right-click the DLL in Explorer, and select Quick View in the
/context menu, and it comes up with a heep of info - version number /and
all
/the boring stuff, plus all the enclosed routines ... might be helpful
for
/someone maybe...?
;
/Happy programming :)
;
/Mike Fowler - mike.fowler at nelsun.gen.nz
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4. Re: DLLs

>/tell you a lot about DLL's.

        Does anyone have a prog for dos or win 3.1 to retreive this info??
Thanks, Art
Arthur P. Adamson, The Engine Man, euclid at isoc.net

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5. Re: DLLs

OK, I found the flag to remove the underscores from exported names:

   -nounderscores.

D'oh!

I'm still puzzling out why I can't export the pow() function, though...

-- David Cuny

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