Re: Share heap between DLL's
This code works in BC5, but not in VC. I suspect it has to do with the
heap being private for each DLL, but I'm not sure. If I need to change
the code, I have to do it hundredths of places, and I really do not
want to do that.
Can anyone tell me why this error occurs, and maybe help me with how
to fix it without changing the code too much?!?
The DLL has it's own heap. The ONLY way to use the same heap is if all
modules use the dynamic runtime. For VC this means that all modules have to
be compiled with the multithreaded dynamic runtime, with the same compiler
version.
In your case, there is no other solution than to make sure that memory gets
deleted in the same module in which it was allocated.
Your design violates module memory ownership rules. The only solution is to
change it so that that doesn't happen anymore.
If you have the sources to the dll, you can add a new function that will
deallocate memory for you isntead of doing it in the app.
for some more info see my faq article here:
http://vcfaq.mvps.org/lang/9.htm
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Bruno van Dooren MVP - VC++
http://msmvps.com/blogs/vanDooren
bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com
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