Re: Control panel applet question
* Sam Hobbs:
"Dean Earley" <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote in message
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Tim Roberts wrote:
Dean Earley <dean.earley@icode.co.uk> wrote:
Polaris wrote:
Hi Experts:
I have a control panel applete (testApplet.cpl) which is statically
linked to a dll (test.dll). My questions are:
1. Can I put testApplet.cpl at locations other than System32 directory?
2. If I have to put testApplet.cpl in System32 directory, is there a
way for me to put test.dll in locations other than System32 directory?
For example, I prefer to put test.dll in my application folder under
"Program Files".
If it is statically linked to test.dll, you don't need to put it
anywhere on the target system.
You can't statically link to a DLL, at least in the way you mean.
What Polaris meant was statically linking to the export library for
test.dll. It will still be a dynamic link, and test.dll will still be
required at run-time.
Ah yes, sorry. I blame lunacy :)
I blame terminology. It is a contradiction in terms to say "statically
linked to a dll" since a dll is by definition "dynamically linked".
Well there's a difference between statically linking to the DLL, where the
dynamic linking is performed by the OS loader, and dynamically loading the DLL
by calling LoadLibrary or friend.
I don't
understand what "statically linked to a dll" means. Perhaps the correct term
is "implicitly linked".
Statically linked probably means the opposite of dynamically loaded. :-)
Cheers,
- Alf
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