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Newcomers DBPro Corner / DLLs and how they are made

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fhtughryf
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 00:19
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Okay guys I really need to understand how DLLs work, how to make them, and how do they run or interact with DBP? Just a quick high level explanation is all I really need so don\'t be freightened

Thanks again guys!
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Dabbler
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Posted: 23rd Jul 2008 05:20
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Try looking in the help files under help contents - techincal documents - third party commands.


Whatever...
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Moe
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Posted: 24th Jul 2008 00:16
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in c++ or some other language, basically - think functions

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fhtughryf
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Well if it's another language how does visual basic (darkbasic) interact with another language? I'm assuming the DLL is compiled so I guess I don't understand how the compiled dll talks with darkbasic.
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IanM
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You write the function, then you use a resource string to tell DBPro what arguments it will accept and the return type if any.

When you use that command in a DBPro program, the compiler will assemble the arguments you provide, call the function with those arguments, then clean up when the function returns.

This is how it works, not only for the plug-ins we write and that you may write in the future, but also for the majority of the 'built-in' commands that come with DBPro.

[b]Utility plug-ins collection (updated 01/07/08) and
http://www.matrix1.demon.co.uk
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Omen
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Posted: 25th Jul 2008 01:39
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fhtughryf,

This documentation is included with the DBPro install - but, it's a little buried, so that's the only reason I'm posting this - just in case you didn't see it:

In DarkBASIC Pro Editor:
-->Select "Help" from the Main Menu,
-->Commands Help
-->Technical Documents
-->Third Party Commands


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fhtughryf
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Posted: 25th Jul 2008 22:24
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Thanks everyone for clearing this up for me! I never worked with DLLS before, never had to. I was a COBOL II programmer many years ago and I simply never used them and never had the chance to learn them.
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fhtughryf
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I would also like to add the reason for my sudden interest in them is that I really enjoyed playing around with some well known user DLLS like multisync, and Sparky's collision dll and from that the interest for dll writing spawned in my brain.
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The Wilderbeast
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There is also the #include feature which I use for prototyping. But it isn't very secure as anyone can view and modify the source.

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Ian G
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Posted: 1st Aug 2008 06:57 Edited at: 1st Aug 2008 06:58
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Aaron Miller made a great template with a tutorial for creating plugins. http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=97069&b=5
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