DLL Topics

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Using dynamic linking instead of static linking offers several advantages. DLLs save memory, reduce swapping, save disk space, upgrade easier, provide after-market support, provide a mechanism to extend the MFC library classes, support multi-language programs, and ease the creation of international versions.

This article family provides detailed information on programming DLLs.

What do you want to know more about?

• The differences between Win16 and Win32 DLLs
  
  
• Run-time library behavior
  
  
• Using implicit linking
  
  
• LoadLibrary and AfxLoadLibrary
  
  
• GetProcAddress
  
  
• Linker Support for the Delayed Loading of DLLs
  
  
• FreeLibrary and AfxFreeLibrary
  
  
• The search path used by Windows to locate a DLL
  
  
• Regular DLLs statically linked to MFC
  
  
• Regular DLLs dynamically linked to MFC
  
  
• Module States of a regular DLL dynamically linked to MFC
  
  
• Extension DLLs
  
  
• Using extension DLL,Database/OLE/Sockets in regular DLL
  
  
• Using __declspec(dllimport) and __declspec(dllexport)
  
  
• Importing and exporting inline functions
  
  
• Mutual imports
  
  
• Active Technology and DLLs
  
  
• Automation in a DLL
  
  
• Naming conventions for MFC DLLs
  
  
• Redistributable files
  • Categories of redistributable files
    
    
  • Version checking of redistributable files
    
    
  • MFC/other DLL files
    
    
  • ODBC files
• Calling DLL functions from Visual Basic applications
  
  
• Using MFC as Part of a DLL
  
  
• DLL Version of MFC