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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>So
if I link the ABC.dll at build time, then I would be able to load it successfully?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>I
don’t have experience about this. Sorry for the question.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Thank
you for the help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Howard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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vlc-devel-bounces@videolan.org [mailto:vlc-devel-bounces@videolan.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Damien Fouilleul<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 20, 2008
6:30 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Mailing list for VLC media
player developers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [vlc-devel] ActiveX:
failed to load DLL</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>libvlc.dll is linked at build time, which means that LoadLibrary() is
performed automatically by windows when axvlc.dll loads.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>regarding your problem, they are 2 issues you need to consider when
using LoadLibrary(TEXT("ABC.dll"))<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- ABC.dll cannot be found because it is not reachable from PATH or
isn't in the same directory as loader (.i.e AXVLC.DLL)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>- ABC.dll has external dependencies (i.e it needs to load DLLs itself)
which cannot be found<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>you will need to examine the error from GetLastError() to find out what
happenned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Damien<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On 20 Feb 2008, at 06:26, Howard wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>
Does anyone know how the ActiveX loads the libvlc.dll? <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>I
wanna load a dll, say, ABC.dll in the getVLC() in activex/plugin.cpp and I made
a cab file including the ABC.dll with libvlc.dll, axvlc.dll and other plugins
of the VLC.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font color=black><span style='color:
black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>However,
the return value of LoadLibrary( TEXT(“ABC.dll”) ) is always a null pointer.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>I
also tried to load other library which was included in the cab file, say
libaccess_udp_plugin.dll, as well as the ABC.dll but it was success.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>Can
anyone tell me why?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>Please!<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>PS.
I’m running this on windows XP with service pack 2.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>PS.
The ABC.dll was compiled separately, not with VLC.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>Best
Regards,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=teal
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:teal'>Howard.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
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