Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: fixup-cygwin@cygwin.com@fixme From: "Paul Garceau" Organization: New Dawn Productions To: cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:52:02 -0800 Subject: Re: Windows Resource Files and DLLs Reply-to: Paul Garceau Message-ID: <3A9A6D92.14751.47EF8A@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010225213759.A902@redhat.com> References: <000001c09f9b$0ffa8f00$a300a8c0@nhv>; from nhv@cape.com on Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 09:23:08PM -0500 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) On 25 Feb 2001, at 21:37, the Illustrious Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 09:23:08PM -0500, Norman Vine wrote: > >I have managed with a fair bit of 'coercion' to build a working > >wxPython 2.2.5 DLL for Cygwin. > > > >One of the stumbling blocks I still have in coming up with a suitable > >install script is that I apparently need to link the wxWindows resource > >file with the Python.exe stub in order for it to be 'seen' by Python > >scripts. > > > >IMO this is not an ideal solution. > > > >I would like to keep the resource file in the DLL > > > >Is there an equivalent for a DLLEXPORT for windows resources in a > >compiled .rc file ?? Not really. But there is a possible workaround. > > This seems like a reasonable thing to want to do... which probably > means that it isn't possible in Windows. The workaround is to compile the .rc file using windres, output as .o file. windres my.rc -omy.o And then to use dllwrap to add my.o to your .dll file. (this is the first time I've tested this -- the output .dll, according to "Quickview" seems to have valid headers. Next question is can the .dll file be loaded via win32 api?...this I am not sure of. Logic indicates that if the .dll is a "valid cygwin .dll" then it should be an easy matter to simply load the .dll like you normally would, thus adding the resources you require). Anyone else have a better sense of this? Thanks, Paul G. Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple