Re: Windows dll as Linux Shared Object

2007-04-12 Thread Stefan Dösinger
Am Donnerstag 12 April 2007 15:57 schrieb Phil Lodwick: > > What is the problem with running the whole app as a winelib app? > > You don't save any resources by having the application outside > > since you still have wine running, and you have the IPC overhead. > > I want to provide a library other

RE: Windows dll as Linux Shared Object

2007-04-12 Thread Phil Lodwick
> What is the problem with running the whole app as a winelib app? > You don't save any resources by having the application outside > since you still have wine running, and you have the IPC overhead. I want to provide a library other developers can use without having them worry about the intric

Re: Windows dll as Linux Shared Object

2007-04-11 Thread Stefan Dösinger
Am Donnerstag 12 April 2007 00:28 schrieb Phil Lodwick: > > or to write some proxy winelib app and > > talk to the DLL using ipc like sockets, > > pipes, shared memory, etc. > > Thanks Stefan. I thought I was missing something. > > This was the approach that I was planning on as a backup. Looks l

RE: Windows dll as Linux Shared Object

2007-04-11 Thread Phil Lodwick
> or to write some proxy winelib app and > talk to the DLL using ipc like sockets, > pipes, shared memory, etc. Thanks Stefan. I thought I was missing something. This was the approach that I was planning on as a backup. Looks like I bring the backup plan to the front burner. Basically Linux

Re: Windows dll as Linux Shared Object

2007-04-11 Thread Stefan Dösinger
I'm not the DLL expert, but I think you're missing something here. The problem is that your windows dll will most likely use the windows api(otherwise, don't use wine at all). The windows API depends on some other things, like a few memory management constraints, the windows registry, and most