I found a tool called PEBrowse which can be used to inspect symbols in a DLL or EXE, and sure enough, so symbols were being exported. I abandoned the use of the .def file and just added the export symbols into the linker options. And whaddya know? It worked. Plugin happily loaded into the host application and is functional, and now I can debug away.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Brett McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question about building DLLs and DEF files. Bear with me, I > am kind of a newbie at this... > > I am building a plugin for an application, using the vendor supplied > SDK and one of their example projects. I am using Visual C++ Express > 2008. Project is setup and builds fine. I have debugging setup using > the application as the debugging .exe target and my DLL with > breakpoints. So when I launch into debugging, my DLL (Flip.dll below) > gets loaded and then immediately unloaded: > > 'TVPaintAnimationPro.exe': Loaded 'C:\Program Files\TVPaint > Developpement\TVPaint Animation Pro\Plugins\Flip.dll', Symbols loaded. > 'TVPaintAnimationPro.exe': Loaded > 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_597c3456\msvcr90d.dll' > 'TVPaintAnimationPro.exe': Unloaded 'C:\Program Files\TVPaint > Developpement\TVPaint Animation Pro\Plugins\Flip.dll' > 'TVPaintAnimationPro.exe': Unloaded > 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.21022.8_x-ww_597c3456\msvcr90d.dll' > > I have a DEF file attached to the project, but I wonder whether or not > it is actually being and the DLL isn't getting loaded because no > exported symbols are found. How can I find this out? Is there a DLL > inspection tool available with VC++ Express? > > -- Brett > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi
