I'm not exactly shure But I have a guess as to why some things work and
others not -
ShareMem is for Strings - Since strings are part of the language (not a
library as in C) The allocation/deallocation is more dynamic than is
apparent.
If a string is passed to another DLL and operated on - those operations wil
l
free and reallocate the string memory - thus requiring a single allocatoion
pool for all strings.
If an object is only allocated and deallocated (Create/Free) with the same
allocator (within the same pool) ther should not be a problem - if the for
m
exists entirely within a DLL - thinks work with seperate allocation pools f
or
each DLL.
But with GUI objects that form relationships between parents/siblings - the
y
all must come from the same pool - I can't have a parent form from one pool
and a child control from another. Therefore we cannot use staticly link
allocators, we must use a single allocator from a DLL - run-time packages.
This is a guess that comes from observation, if someone has better knowledg
e
or a explaination than I, PLEASE speek up.
Thanks again for you help - Switching to Run-time package were completely
outside my current thinking but it solved all my problems. But now I do hav
e
to ship Borland DLLs - I just have to figure out which ones.
DOug
Quoting David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>> I have used class references before across DLLs - my own classes with n
o
>>> VCL components with success.
>
> ??? I know that even to have Delphi long string types seen across
> DLL's you have to include sharemem.dll. This is due to the reference
> counting I believe. Same deal with the classes so I don't understand
> how you got around it.
>
> >>With out run-time packages, I can uses seperate
>>> forms in each DLL and EXE.
>
> ??? Is this some sort of workaround you came up with? And using
> run-time packages fixed that?
>
> Dave
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Thanks,
> I have used class references before across DLLs - my own classes with n
o
> VCL components with success. With out run-time packages, I can uses seper
ate
> forms in each DLL and EXE. With run-time packages, the DLLs and EXE can a
ll
> interact with the same form!
>
> Thanks to Rob and David
> Doug
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Rob Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> David Smith wrote:
>>> You can't pass class references to DLL's. That is a limitation. You hav
e
>>> to use packages for full interoperability. This means compiling with th
e
>>> runtime packages option. That means your product has to make sure all
>>> packages needed (including Borland's) are on the users system.
>>
>> Class references are meaningful if both the DLL and the EXE are compiled
>> to use packages.
>>
>> --
>> Rob
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