How to link to dll files in Linux ?
 

Hello all,


I have a file.h with some __declspec(dllexport) and __declspec(dllimport) statements. This __declspec are specific to windows API, BUT i must load this file in Linux with gcc. The idea is that I must somehow load some dll files.

With Windows and Visual C++ it would have been easy, but I must do this in Linux with Eclipse and gcc. So any advices concerning this would be very very appreciated.

Thanks!

Florin.

What you want to do isn't clear for me. But for sure you can't use a Windows DLL with a linux program, since binary formats are different. Maybe you can use a windows dll under linux through "wine" (it's a windows emulator for binaries), but I don't know how to "wrap" this into your executable.

Thank you jf.argentino.

I will try to install wine and see afterwards what is to do next.

The aim of my application is to get access to an application (which is a software kit for an eye tracking device) and communicate with that (with SDK dll's). The conclusion is that I must build my own application on Linux which will have the same behaviour. For this I must get access to the dlls of that application.

Best regards,
Florin.

I managed to run an .exe file on Linux with wine.

But what I need more exactly is to integrate some dll files into my linux application.

I need to convert .dll to .so files.

Does anybody knows if this is possible ?

I am thinking that if wine can get an .exe file to run on Linux maybe it can also convert .dll to .so

I really hope someone has the answer I expect :)