Can somebody tell me where to find an example in how to make an DLL (WindowsControlLibrary) in prism?
In the old Delphi, you make an export section.
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2To create an Unmanaged DLL Export using Delphi Prism and call it with Delphi 2010 you must do the following:
In Delphi Prism:
- File | New | Project
- In the Tree View on the Left, select Delphi Prism
- Select Windows Class Library
Press OK.
This will create the template for the Windows Class Library
Right Click on the Project "ClassLibraryX" and Select Properties:
- Under Compatibility select "Allow unsafe code"
- Under Build, find the General Section and change CPU Type to "x86"
- Right Click on the "ClassLibraryX" tab that was created and select "Save selected Items"
This sets up the project to support the UnmanagedExportAttribute.
Then in the code you will need to create a class method. In the example below I added a reference to System.Windows.Forms.
namespace ClassLibrary2;
interface
type
Class1 = public class
private
protected
public
[UnmanagedExport('ShowMessage')]
class method ShowMessage(aMsg : String);
end;
implementation
class method Class1.ShowMessage(aMsg : String);
begin
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(aMsg);
end;
end.
Using a PEViewer, I used the one that ships as an example in JCL, you should be able to see the new export. In the above exampele "ShowMessage"
If you whant to make it compatible with delphi then you have to indicate a "stdcall" Calling Convention
namespace ClassLibrary2;
interface
type Class1 = public class
private
protected
public
[UnmanagedExport('ShowMessage'), System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention.StdCall]
class method ShowMessage(aMsg : String); end;
implementation
class method Class1.ShowMessage(aMsg : String);
begin
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(aMsg);
end;
end.