DLL in Linux

Linux has full support for .so files (the Unix equivalent to .dll) so provided you know how to compile and load it in Linux you should be fine.

So I have to compile the code in a special Linux compiler?
Is there a posibility not to do that and to use the same file for numerous operating systems?

Yes, you have to compile your code for Linux. Try gcc. You''ll probably have to make changes to your code if you didn''t write it in a cross-platform manner, (if you used Microsoft MFC classes like CString, for example). You can''t compile on Windows or Mac and run on Linux, if that''s what you''re asking.

But I do not use platform specific APIs.. I use SDL and OpenGL and my code is written in cross-platform maner, so I have to compile it seperately for every platform?

yes.

but if you really use only cross-platform libraries, and non-platform-specific code, it shouldn''t be much trouble.

So which compiler do I need to use for it?

gcc

James Simmons
MindEngine Development
http://medev.sourceforge.net

ok.. thanx for your help!

Here is a great how-to describing how to make any type of basic library on Linux

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/index.html

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http://www.mayday-anime.com

edit - link

[edited by - grasshopa55 on August 12, 2003 10:17:49 AM]

But what do you mean your "engine is a DLL" and you use SDL? Do you mean you are using sdl.dll? Or you yourself have written a DLL that is a part of your game?

If you''ve used SDL and your program is generally cross platform friendly, then you can use the Linux version of SDL under Linux. Did you follow SDL''s guidelines for keeping your SDL app portable? Of course you still need to recompile your own code, but the SDL end of it should be ok.

Doesn''t the new Visual Studio generate .net code? If it''s .net, you should be able to use it directly under Linux, isn''t it?

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Original post by NaliXL
If it's .net, you should be able to use it directly under Linux, isn't it?

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No.

[edited by - Superpig on August 13, 2003 7:21:34 AM]