On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:56:49AM -0400, Ehsan Akhgari wrote:
> On 2014-10-28 4:16 AM, Josip Maras wrote:
> >Hi Ehsan,
> >
> >Yes, in my opinion that is the problem. I'm trying to use the global stream 
> >variable across module boundaries, more specifically from the following 
> >source files: content\base\src\Element.cpp; layout\style\nsCSSParser.cpp; 
> >content\base\src\nsINode.cpp, js\src\builtin\Eval.cpp, 
> >js\src\vm\Interpreter.cpp, js\src\jsfun.cpp, browser\app\nsBrowserApp.cpp, 
> >content\base\src\nsDocument.cpp, dom\base\nsGlobalWindow.cpp, 
> >parser\html\nsHtml5TreeOperation.cpp, 
> >content\html\document\src\nsHTMLContentSink.cpp
> >
> >So it's across at least two different modules.
> >
> >I've tried to follow your advice in using MOZ_EXPORT and MOZ_IMPORT, but I'm 
> >not getting anywhere :-/ The application runs, but it crashes.
> >
> >Of the top of your head, do you maybe know of a variable that is used in a 
> >similar way, so that I can look into how this is supposed to be done.
> >For example, if I wanted to create a stream in nsBrowserApp.cpp and then use 
> >that stream from the other files what should I do?
> >
> >Do I put:
> >
> >extern MOZ_EXPORT std::stringstream FC_LOG_STREAM; in that file (or in the 
> >header included from that file, and then i define the varible in the .cpp 
> >file) and then use MOZ_IMPORT std::stringstream FC_LOG_STREAM; in the other 
> >files/headers or?
> >
> >Sorry for taking up your time, but getting into the source code of Firefox, 
> >especially since I've done very little real world development in C++ is a 
> >bit overwhelming. Any help will be appreciated!
> 
> These macros just expand to __declspec(dllimport/dllexport), which is
> documented here: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3y1sfaz2.aspx>
> Hopefully you can fix your problem following those instructions.  Note that
> due to the nature of how we load xul.dll (which is done dynamically at
> runtime), I think your best bet is to export the variable from firefox.exe
> and import it in xul.dll, otherwise firefox.exe will not load because it
> will try to import a symbol from xul.dll but that DLL does not exist at
> startup time.

It's not possible to use a symbol in an executable from a dll. Not
directly.

Mike
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