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DLL Talk / Make a plugin from dll

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dapaintballer 331
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 07:06
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If you have a dll, how much harder is it to make a plugin from that?

It only needs one string specified by darkbasic.

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Aaron Miller
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 09:53
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Um, first you would have to make a language, then you would have to make a compiler, then you would have to know how to make a dll, then you would have to combine all those together, good luck. I think i will try something along those lines, dont know if it will be free or not as gd would use it.

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2006 17:31
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Db user I dont think thats what he's asking. I think he's saying that if he wrote a dll, how much further does he need to go to make it a plugin for dbp - the answer being: not that far.

at least thats what I think he is asking.

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jinzai
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Posted: 19th Sep 2006 06:55
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Yes, I think that is the question. Strictly speaking, a dll is a plug-in, and some plug-ins are dlls. That is the mechanism that is used...dynamic linking. Plug-in refers more to functionality at a user level, and not all dlls provide that.

No, you can write Blender plug-ins in Python script. (In the case where "plug-in" refers to additional functionality provided through an interface already present in the application. The Windows clipboard is such a mechanism.) DLL is simply a system-wide way of providing this same functionality. Even COM/ActiveX are through dll functionalty at the core.

So, my answer is: If you successfully called a dll function that you wrote from DBPro...congratulations, you've already made a plug-in.
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