Chapter 28 Dynamic-Link Libraries

Microsoft Windows provides special libraries, called “dynamic-link libraries,” (DLLs) that let applications share code and resources. Windows uses DLLs to provide code and resources that all Windows applications can use. In addition, you can create your own DLLs to share code and resources among your applications.

This chapter covers the following topics:

What is a DLL?

When to use a DLL

Building a DLL

This chapter also explains how to build a sample library, SELECT.DLL, that
illustrates the concepts this chapter covers.