dumpbin equivalent in Qt

Question

Is there any utility similar to dumpbin(Visual Studio) in Qt that allows me to check the functions that are exposed in a Qt-Creator compiled dll ??

I need to know what methods are exposed in a given dll so that I can load the method dynamically at runtime using QLibrary.

Thanks, De Costo

Answer 1

You can use Dependency Walker. It is a very useful tool for any executable file, whether it's a dynamic library or an application.

Also, nothing prevents you from compiling with VC++ in Qt Creator (Qt Creator supports GCC and VC++ as compilers, maybe more) and using dumpbin, too.

Answer 2

• On Linux and Mac, use nm
• On Windows, you can use nm via Cygwin, but I think dumpbin will still work. (I just tried it on a project compiled with g++ via Qt Creator, and it worked.)

Answer 3

Either:

• use an existing MS Visual Studio installation and its dumpbin.exe
• install the Windows SDK (only the Win32 dev tools) and use its dumpbin.exe
• learn to use the mingw/GCC (actually binutils) nm and objdump.

I find that (even with mingw/gcc) the dumpbin.exe provides the best results.