Method and system for dynamic-link library

Details Method and system for dynamic-link library Method and system for dynamic-link library

1992-12-21

1994-12-20

Shaw, Gareth D.

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364DIG1, 364280, G06F 900, G06F 940

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053752414

ABSTRACT:
A dynamic-link library method and system for providing services to one or more application programs. The system includes a code resource that includes a plurality of service routines to allow any of the programs to use the service routines. The code resource is physically distinct from the application programs and does not have to be copied into the application programs, which allow the code resource and the application programs to be updated, compiled, and tested separately from each other. A selector routine receives the selection information from the stub routine, and in response thereto accesses the associated service routine and causes the associated service routine to perform its intended service. Preferably, the stub routine allocates parameters to be used by the associated service routine and passes the parameters to the selector routine along with the selection information. Preferably an interface routine is used to translate an index to the code resource into a selector pointer to the selector routine. The interface routine receives the selection information from the stub routine and passes the selection information to the selector routine using the selector pointer. A resource initiation routine loads and locks the code resource into memory. The resource initiation routine allocates resource global variables space for storing resource global variables used by the code resource. The selector routine saves an index to program global variables space for storing program global variables, the index being previously stored in a register. The selector routine stores an index to the resource global variables space into the register. After a service routine performs its service the selector routine restores the index to the program global variables space into the register. When the services of the code resource are no longer needed the current main program calls a resource termination routine. The resource termination routine unlocks the code resource in and disposes of the index to the resource global variables space.

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Graeme Burton "OS/L DLLS" (tutorial), EXE v. 5 No. 2 pp. 36(3) (Jul. 1990).
"Dynamic-Link Libraries" Microsoft Windows 3.1 Guide to programming chapter 20:459-497.
Prouse, "Stand-Alone Code, ad nauseam" Macintosh Technical Notes, Developer Technical Support 256:1-32, Aug. 1990.

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