calling a DLL, using MS VC++

[Suzanne Vogel]

Hi,

I'm trying to call a DLL that I created using Microsoft Visual C++, and
ascertain that I created the DLL properly. I've never created a DLL
before, and the Microsoft documentation does not help me:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclang/html/_pluslang_the_dllexport_and_dllimport_attributes.asp

Also, if possible, I want to avoid using the Visual C++ wizard to create
a DLL, because that creates several files and extra lines of code.

Below is my test code. The first file creates a DLL with the function
"printHello ()". The second file, the "main" program, tries to call that
function in the DLL. I believe the main program *could* find the DLL,
and that there is merely something wrong with my C++ syntax: I
remembered to put the DLL into the directory where the executable for
the main program was to be created, and set the PATH variable to search
the current "." directory.

** What is causing my DLL link error?

Thanks,
Suzanne

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>

__declspec(dlle xport) println(char* s);

__declspec(dlle xport) void printHello() {
std::cout << "Hello world\n";
}
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#include <stdlib.h>

__declspec(dlli mport) void printHello();

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
void (*f)() = &printHello;
f(); // Link error!!!

return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

[Victor Bazarov]

Re: calling a DLL, using MS VC++

"Suzanne Vogel" <suzanne_e_voge l@hotmail.com> wrote...[color=blue]
> I'm trying to call a DLL that I created using Microsoft Visual C++, and
> ascertain that I created the DLL properly. [..][/color]

It's not your first day here, is it? Don't you already know
that MS-specific questions are off-topic here? Please visit
microsoft.publi c.vc.language.

[Suzanne Vogel]

Re: calling a DLL, using MS VC++

> It's not your first day here, is it? Don't you already know[color=blue]
> that MS-specific questions are off-topic here? Please visit
> microsoft.publi c.vc.language.[/color]

Got it. Sorry.