In re
Dan Demers' question:
There
is also (with VC6.0 and later) another approach that might get you what you want
with less effort: the linker option for "Delay-Loaded
DLLs". Despite the name, this does not mean DLLs that
are chock-full of delays, but DLLs that are only loaded when
needed:
if
this is of interest, be sure to read the "Constraints"
article:
I've
only used them occasionally myself, no problems, but of course that's no
guarantee.
Larry
West
(Personally, I'd have called them "Delayed-Load
DLLs").
-----Original Message-----You can use LoadLibrary() to load the DLLs at runtime instead of linking to them at compile time.
From: Jeffrey Altman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 11:20
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: explicit linking question (6)
However, if you do this you will need to load each function pointer programatically.
dan demers wrote:
in the windows environment,is it possible to use the explicitly link the openssl dll(s) (ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll) as needed from my application?i wanted to include in my general dll (used by all my programs) an ssl object the uses openssl and explicitly loads the dll(s) as needed if the ssl object is created.it this possible or do i always need to deliver the openssl dlls with my general dll which doesn't always use the ssl stuff.thanks,dan
