• me (11/11) Jun 21 2004 I was looking at D with great excitement a few days ago. It looks to be
• Lars Ivar Igesund (7/17) Jun 21 2004 You have a couple of possibilities:
• me (6/12) Jun 21 2004 The /IMPLIB didn't work for me, but the bup package worked like a charm....
• Lars Ivar Igesund (3/5) Jun 21 2004 Sorry, it should be /implib (small letters).
• Charlie (4/9) Jun 21 2004 I have yet to get this to work, always says missing __Class definition, ...

"me" <memsom interalpha.co.uk> writes:

I was looking at D with great excitement a few days ago. It looks to be
something I'd like to tinker with within Windows and possibly BeOS (though
getting a compiler would be an interesting feat as BeOS is still stuck in
the GCC 2.95 world) however, I want to make DLL's with D. So here are some
questions:

How do I go about exporting classes? Is that possible yet?
How does one import DLL's with the current toolset? I saw a reference to an
implib tool, where do I get this from? Is the Borland version a usable
alternate? (as iirc Borland use OMF)

TIA

Matt

Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar igesund.net> writes:

me wrote:

 I was looking at D with great excitement a few days ago. It looks to be
 something I'd like to tinker with within Windows and possibly BeOS (though
 getting a compiler would be an interesting feat as BeOS is still stuck in
 the GCC 2.95 world) however, I want to make DLL's with D. So here are some
 questions:
 
 How do I go about exporting classes? Is that possible yet?

export class Foo {}

 How does one import DLL's with the current toolset? I saw a reference to an
 implib tool, where do I get this from? Is the Borland version a usable
 alternate? (as iirc Borland use OMF)

You have a couple of possibilities:

Use the loader module of Phobos to dynamically load dlls or
make an import library (either download bup.zip from digitalmars or use 
the /IMPLIB switch when linking the dll).

Lars Ivar Igesund

"me" <memsom interalpha.co.uk> writes:

 How do I go about exporting classes? Is that possible yet?

 export class Foo {}

Cool, I'll try that later.

 You have a couple of possibilities:

 Use the loader module of Phobos to dynamically load dlls

That's one to look into at a later date ;-)

or  make an import library (either download bup.zip from digitalmars or use
 the /IMPLIB switch when linking the dll).

The /IMPLIB didn't work for me, but the bup package worked like a charm. The
implib works pretty much as I remember the old Borland one did.

Right, back to the day job (Delphi..)

Matt

Lars Ivar Igesund <larsivar igesund.net> writes:

me wrote:

 The /IMPLIB didn't work for me, but the bup package worked like a charm. The
 implib works pretty much as I remember the old Borland one did.

Sorry, it should be /implib (small letters).

Lars Ivar Igesund

Charlie <Charlie_member pathlink.com> writes:

I have yet to get this to work, always says missing __Class definition, has
anyone gotten this to work ... and then _link_ against the generated stub ?

Charlie

In article <cb6ff8$pd4$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Lars Ivar Igesund says...
me wrote:

 The /IMPLIB didn't work for me, but the bup package worked like a charm. The
 implib works pretty much as I remember the old Borland one did.

Sorry, it should be /implib (small letters).

Lars Ivar Igesund