Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] plugin dll: What project settingsarereally needed?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] plugin dll: What project settingsarereally needed?
From: Kolb, Jeremy (jkolb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-28 15:42:32

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Georg Gast
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 3:38 PM
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [serialization] plugin dll: What project
> settingsarereally needed?
> 
> Am 28.01.2011 18:04, schrieb Robert Ramey:
> Hello Robert!
> 
> >> First Question:
> >> Are the above mentioned project settings for the exe and the dll
> >> really right and complete? Or is something not needed or missing?
> >
> > They are as far as I know. I tested with them.  Did this not work
for
> you?
> > If not, what happened?  Note that you might have to change some
> > pathnames from mine if you get link errors.
> Yes it did work for me. I got only one warning that polymorphic_base
is
> no dll-interface, but that
> occured even in your test projects.
> 
> >> Second question:
> >> In my real project the dll should be able to provide derivied class
> >> dependant MFC Objects (Views/Dialogs) which are then shown in the
> exe.
> >> So: Is that (serialization through basepointer in dll) possible
with
> >> a MFC extension library or do i need to create a MFC gui dll and a
> >> "polymorphic_derived2.dll"?
> >> Hope that is understandable ;)
> >
> > lol - I think I understand what you're getting at.  I don't know how
> much
> > I can say without a specific case, but here goes.
> 
>  > ...intersting stuff about libs and linkers...
> Thank you Robert for your answers!
> 
> On the boost-users mailing list are some questions and testcode which
> did not work which tried to do that kind of stuff. As far as i
> remember,
> your answer was, that it was important to get the project settings
> right. So i tried to do my homework ;) and made an example. It wasn't
> clear to me, what project settings are needed. First i tried with my
> classes, but it did not work. Then i copied your files and it did not
> work. Only after coping your settings changed that. May it be possible
> to add an explanation which requirements are needed for serialization
> via abstract interfaces in dlls in the documentation of the
> serialization library?
> 

George,

Robert's solution was to change the linking of the project to pull in
the serialization dll instead of linking it in statically in both
projects.  Unfortunately I can't release my software that way so it's a
nonstarter for me :(

It looks like in order for multiple DLLs to work you HAVE to link in the
serialization library as a DLL otherwise it just won't work.

Jeremy