C++ DLL and C main program

[Toondalis]

I am now extending a Program that is written in C thru DLL. The Main
program will call functions in my DLL . The problem is that i wanted
to write my extenstion in C++ instead of C , How can it be done?

thanks

seewan

 

[Ekkehard Morgenstern]

Hi Seewan,

I am now extending a Program that is written in C thru DLL. The Main
program will call functions in my DLL . The problem is that i wanted
to write my extenstion in C++ instead of C , How can it be done?

That's simple. You just encapsulate the block with API functions in an "
extern "C" { ... } " block.

Or declare only the APIs as having C linkage:

extern "C" void __declspec(dllexport) MyGreatAPIFunction( void*
argument ) {
// do C++ stuff
}

I hope that helps!

regards,
Ekkehard Morgenstern.