Re: [Dev-C++] dll / linux

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

No, Wine was one alternative where a Linux machine could use DLL files.

My example with a Linux program using Windows codecs was another reference
where Windows DLL files are used on a Linux machine. One example is the
XBMP (XBox Media Player):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Media_Player

/pwm

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, hhh hhh wrote:

>
>    Sorry, I missed your point, isn't Wine a Windows Emulator of some sort? Why would someone need to "link" a dll to a process that uses Linux code ( as the original poster said ) inside a windows emulator?
>    You kinda lost me there pwm.
>
>    Refering to the media players that read win codecs... well, as I said, it *is* possible. But as I also said, its doubtfull that the code is as smooth one.
> The aformention media player has to resolve many things in process, when linking to the DLL. Even if the module dll is implicitly linked to the process, it still loses much to a native format ( *.so ) that has all the dragging parser code and resolver code done by the OS.
>    I do not want to deny your claim, but I do not see the point in a media player ( A good one, at that ) to use this techniquee.
>
>
>    Anyway, apart from diferent technical views, Yes you are right, when one does not have all the needed information, it is hard to anyone to help in a significant way.
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:17:38 +0200
> > From: pw...@ia...
> > To: the...@ho...
> > CC: fre...@gm...; dev...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] dll / linux
> >
> > And then there is Wine.
> >
> > By the way - there are a couple of media players that are making use of
> > Windows DLL files just to be able to use Windows codecs.
> >
> > But in this case, the bit problem is that the post is just a request for
> > using a dll file, without any motivation why. Because of knowing that a
> > dll file is the Windows name for the concept while actually intending to
> > use a *.so dynamic library? Because the dll file contains important
> > functions to use? Because the dll is supposed to contain important
> > functions, but the functions already existing for Linux, if we just knew
> > what the dll does?
> >
> > It is always hard - often impossible - to help someone who are not ready
> > to write a lot of information about the what and the why.
> >
> > /pwm
> >
>
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