> The big question here is how do you handle the case where the library
> cannot be loaded when we need it. Right now if user32 fails to load
> shell32 you simply don't get the about box, but with your change
> AFAICS you get a crash instead...
VC supports delayed loading through a mechanism that includes an error
handling approach. Perhaps the Wine implementation should be the same?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/devprods/vs6/visualc/vccore/vcconlinkersupportfordelayedloadingofdlls.htm
AFAIK this was added to to VC to reduce application memory requirements/start
up time, rather than help with dependency issues. Doesn't seem to have done
much for 'em ;-)
Cheers,
Jon
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