[Lazarus] "Running" a library

[Rolf Grunsky]

On 12-09-14 10:39 AM, leledumbo wrote:
> Currently, if we have a library project, there's no way to test it without
> creating 2nd project which is an application. Should Lazarus implement
> something like V$ does? i.e. when "Run" is executed on a library project,
> the IDE then ask for an executable to run (the executable uses the library,
> so it will step into the library eventually). I have no idea whether gdb
> supports something like this or not.
>

It's been a very long time since I looked at this, and this is specific 
to Windows. An exe and dll have the same basic structure, the difference 
is that an exe can not export entry points and part of the startup will 
initialize the stack and data segments. On the other hand, any procedure 
called in a dll will assume that the stack pointer and segment registers 
have been already set up. Also, I believe that there is only a single 
entry point in an exe. Windows does provide a method to run a dll as a 
program but I would assume that you have to pass the procedure in the 
dll that you want to run. As I said this is from vague memory so the 
details are fuzzy. At a minimum, to run a procedure in the dll you will 
need some code to set up stack and data segments.


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