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DLL Talk / Writing a DBP DLL using MinGW C/C++ compiler?

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Twisted Steel Software
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Posted: 26th Oct 2008 02:50
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Hey all,
I'm trying to use my preferred editor and compiler to make a DBP compatible DLL, anyone know what to follow to get it working?

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Posted: 26th Oct 2008 17:40
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Anyone...?

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Posted: 26th Oct 2008 23:44
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Well, you can make a plug-in using GCC (done it myself some years back), but then again, why make life difficult for yourself.

However, here's a link where I posted some of the differences (http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=63390&b=18) - apart from that, the basic details are identical to using VC++ and can be found in the DBPro help files.

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Posted: 27th Oct 2008 05:11
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Wow... I just gave it a shot blindly and it worked o.O. Only issue is running DBP commands from the DLL... Do I load in the dbprocore.dlls and such? I've never loaded a DLL in C++ ever...

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Posted: 27th Oct 2008 15:16
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Google LoadLibrary and GetProcAddress - you'll need to be comfortable with function pointers.

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Posted: 28th Oct 2008 02:48
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Isn't there some import library available?... Maybe I seen one in Aaron Miller's plugin SDK?

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Yes, that should work for you - I'm not sure if he still supports it for gcc, but it's worth a try.

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