Re: converting exe to dll

From:

"Bruno van Dooren [MVP VC++]" <bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:36:30 +0100

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I have an application for VC++ 6.0. This application creates an exe. I
want
to convert this application, so that the output is win32 dll. Whether i
have
change some project settings or i have to modify the code. Please help me
in
doing so.

Hi,
You have to refactor your code a bit.
For example, you won't need a main function. Instead you could have a
dllmain function (see MSDN).
You also have to declare which functions you want to export, because no
function is exported by default.

The simplest thing to do is probably to create a new win32 dll project, add
your existing sources and then add exported functions.
You could also change the project settings of your existing project to turn
it into a dll project, but that would be more difficult then just creating a
new project if you don't know the meaning of the different settings.

MSDN has some examples on how to build a dll, but you will also find a
number of tutorials on www.codeproject.com

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Kind regards,
    Bruno van Dooren
    bruno_nos_pam_van_dooren@hotmail.com
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