Simple C++ DLL Programming Tutorial

[MrOpcode]

using namespace std get's rid of STDs? I gotta let me ex girlfriend know...

[Chippysz]

So much I didn't understand...

[genericmember1]

Wonderful, thank you!

[ariftariq12]

look i dont know alot about c++ but i am playing this game called suddenattack i want to make dll hack for i have no idea where the codes are or i have to use the game dll i want to make hack for it please any one know a book or something

[NatWolff43567890]

trying to play bttf

[MrNeil1030]

your the new newboston, ps you earnt my sub and ill tell all o my friends about you

[bcut]

not a bad tutorial. thanks : )

[tomi776]

yeah....... and?

[loldudev6]

and I Tought thet is a "Simple" tutorial.. :o

[CLANEGGSALADPERSON]

This is just lackluster at its finest.

You do not need to define a typedef to call on a DLL.

This is the problem with teaching in our day and age ... people teach what isn't necessary or really required.

It is basically teaching lies, or just teaching as we were taught, which is obviously not right.

You do not need return 0 for code to compile and run. You do not need Window's development environment to use Window's functions.

STOP LYING TO PEOPLE AND TELL THE THE TRUTH!

[GhostXoP]

@CLANEGGSALADPERSON Your picky. this is really easy. You basically get the idea from his example. Its not like your going to take and directly copy it all to your source to use it. If your experienced enough you will realize the concept and just not care.

[hackerahead]

please somebody help me... my semester's final project of Data Structures is to convert bitmap image to JPEG without using any library. I'm messing with it for 2 weeks but there's no progress. please can you help me... i'll be vvvvvveeeeerrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyy­­yy GREATFULL to uuu...

[InterFace95]

i hate that every c++ editor has own commands

for example visual c++ ; code blocks ; cBuilder

i learnt it with cbuilder and i can't do anything with this commands....

[TheCherry1994]

Cool stuff

[how2backtrack]

Thanks! This is great and just what I was looking for. You also introduced me to CodeBlocks which I find a lot better then DevC++. Keep it up, good .dll guides are hard to find and often are just random code which fails to work.

[jadetraveler]

In the first part, why is hinstDLL global? It's only used in the main function. Also, before calling MsgBox(), shouldn't you check to see if MsgBox is NULL? Calling it without a NULL check seems a bit dangerous.

[Commentsq]

You could use this OR one line of VBS code. Lol.

[xMercuryx56]

Next time, SPEAK THE HELL UP.

[MrSparrowhawks]

Great simple clear video cheers man

[linuxrocksrulers]

UNIX 'DLLs' are waaaay simplier.

[FrozenIceCweam]

@linuxrocksrulers I forgot is it .a, or .lib, or what? I can't remember. And did you mean GNU/Linux?

[linuxrocksrulers]

@FrozenIceCweam unix shared libraries are "Shared objects" (libexample.so). *.lib are static libraries in Visual C++. (.lib and .a are used for the exactly same thing. VS does everything by itself ofc ;D)

Shared Objects are UNIX. They're mainly used on Linux, yes. The same code can be compiled in MacOSX. (But MacOSX uses .dynlib, which has sightly other format...)

Lookup "YoLinux shared libraries" (PERFECT tutorial)

[linuxrocksrulers]

@FrozenIceCweam unix shared libraries are "Shared objects" (libexample.so). *.lib are static libraries in Visual C++. (.lib and .a are used for the exactly same thing. VS does everything by itself ofc ;D)

Shared Objects are UNIX. They're mainly used on Linux, yes. The same code can be compiled in MacOSX. (But MacOSX uses .dynlib, which has sightly other format...)

Lookup "YoLinux shared libraries" (PERFECT tutorial)

Should I make a tutorial how to create a dynamic library on linux?

[FrozenIceCweam]

@linuxrocksrulers No, thanks for the explanation, though, I don't even use Linux anymore, had an install of Ubuntu running a while ago, I just can't be arsed, now. If you did make a tutorial, I'm sure many would make use of it.

[Halo3glitching]

I use Visual Basic Express Edition (VB.NET) programming, and dam this is confusing compared to that!

[PIEzLOVERS]

Any Links for creating functions on our .dll ?

Making it pop-out is the easy part , making it do the work is the hard part :D

[asiandevel]

I get this error C:\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win [Build Error] No rule to make target `all'. Stop.

[SilentKill57]

can anyone help me i have no clue what this is im 15 and i want to be a computer engeneer but i dont know how to start learning can someone help me PLEASE

[klyd971]

HI,

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PROTECT A DLL WITH KEY FILE AND HOW TO REMOVE IT?

THX

[PIEzLOVERS]

@klyd971

use folderlock ( google it )

[darkwizzard70]

@klyd971 Google "Software Protector" or "DLL Protector" and you will find stuff that protects your software/DLL

[avishaiozeri1]

Wow, i didn't know it's so simple! thanks, it'll help me with my projects!

[101Revolution]

You know if you use VC++ you don't need windows.h

[Mr1996Swagg]

easier way:

Open notepad

source:

msgbox "Text here"

save as: [NAME].vps

[kalodsun]

@Mr1996Swagg try making software this way

[N0wShutUp]

@Mr1996Swagg

lol. and try making a dll that DOES something like that.

[VirtualDragonsPC]

antiRTFM has really good tutorials for C++, go to his channel and learn! :D

[likesoursugar]

did the .exe print out "Message displayed" ? probably not right?

[nickrohn93]

Learn linux. Ill use header files thank you very much.

[ADeadRock]

just to let you know, linux uses DLLs as well. they are very handy.

[nickrohn93]

@ADeadRock well i feel like an asshole/dumbass

[ADeadRock]

don't worry about it, we all do at some point.

[MatielMigite]

Wait, when did you make the EXE?

[Muse94Muse]

sorry, i don't know anything about dll.. what does it do? and what do i use it to?

[sarracatuf]

you can make some functions useful for lots of your programs, so you put em in a dll and link your projects with it. also you can make a dll and inject it into a process to modify it

[AnLa061095]

A dll is like a book, (if you think as your project as a bookshelf) that you can use functions in.

[chubbystudios]

@Muse94Muse a dll is an external library, just like Java API's

[YuwanaTeam]

what did you do first

?

empty file?

or the link one then add a empty file in it?

[Ratstail91]

"simple"?

[RaverGames]

@Ratstail91 yes simple ;)

[Biohazard000Labs]

@RaverGames c++ is more advanced than visual basic, but visual basic can be really useful too :)

[linuxrocksrulers]

@Ratstail91 Simple. Think its simple and its gonna be simple. Tested on myself.

[eviltaiyouai]

Do you have to us codeblocks or could you create a dll by doing the same thing in notepad and saving it as a .dll (kind of like a .bat file)?

[exbladex99]

@eviltaiyouai You need to use codeblocks or another compiler.

[eviltaiyouai]

@exbladex99 Though so, but wanted to make sure, didn't want to download something that wasn't needed, but since it's needed I'll have to download it later.

[0121ryanh117]

Thanks for this, it helped me understand.

[0121ryanh117]

very quiet

[RussianVIllager]

SCRIPTING FORUM

scripting(dot)netne(dot)net

[HordeAreMyFatCousins]

2008 sucks, go get Code::Blocks

[HawkEyeSlay]

CodeBlocks is a notepad. VSTS is a professional tool.

[HordeAreMyFatCousins]

Visual Studio actually sucks for everything besides professional development.

[xXCOLEXx22]

What C++ are you using?

i'm using 2008 and i can't find a .dll to use in it. That and the fact that 2008 looks entirely different then yours.

[adamnew123456]

Yeah. Another okay one is Visual C++ Express. Its free like Code::Blocks.

Yeah, xXCOLEXx22, you're using Visual C++ 2008. Make a new "Class Library" project.

[adamnew123456]

Most people on an MS platform seem to go to the "offical" IDE UNLESS its C++.

THEN people try to find alternatives for whatever reason.

Ands its not a debugger, its an IDE / compiler.

[FrozenIceCweam]

VC++ != C++

[FrozenIceCweam]

No. VC++ is M$ Update to C++, they added some Windows only API's and junk. VSTS is the ide debugger.

[workimber]

@FrozenIceCweam VC++ > C++

[FrozenIceCweam]

@workimber Depends. I don't use VC++ ever, though.

[maxxthegod2]

@FrozenIceCweam

oh, Really? o.O ... -.-"



[HordeAreMyFatCousins]

yeah its codeblocks

[haloluver123]

wtf i dont understand anything!

[BlutwaechterOdins]

learn c++

[Art358]

You should explain further how to actually code the DLL instead of just running off a template.

[MrTakeAshot1]

Art358, it's not a big deal to create and code a DLL. Look up into MSDN, There's a nice tutorial

[6elias]

fvd

[Ta1kingPi3]

i changed all dll files to open with notepad help

[BrinkOnEdge]

Shit Tutorial.

[HedgehogblastGuru]

Hmm, interestingly, whenever I try to compile with the GNU GCC compiler my apps stop working on launch, and when I try the VC++ compiler, i cant compile at all due to errors, all the code is exactly the same as yours.

[HedgehogblastGuru]

These are good tutorials. Advice: Explain more of what you write. Your viewers need to know what to do as well as why they do that, so they will see the instances in which they may need to use that code again.

[jakk977]

You don't have to criticize us nerds... oh, and you're channel is really dull, maybe add some pictures of you committing suicide, that would be nice

[tero3]

rofl nice one jakk977 :D

[Vorbis5]

Your awesome! Cool website btw

[cptrecon]

nicely shown.. LoadLibrary is a good tut.

[TheGtrMaster]

that helped SO much!

[DeadOrAliveForLife]

Whats the name of the program your using?

[abujp1993]

Code::Blocks

[PCand360Gamer]

Thank you! (I'm DeadOrAliveForLife)

Made new account.^^;

[abujp1993]

Noprob!!

[adanalian]

i have some problems in DevC++ da,could someone pls help me?I cant compile C codes,always it says source code not compiled but there is no error by the time compiling.

[casandramar]

i get it its just a hell of a lot of work !

and im speaking to you as a programer that has worked with c++ for more than 3 years !

[CrimsonPolitics]

Sometimes it feels hard but once you start it it's nice.

[wermington]

Pls What name have a this C++ editor ???

[InfernoDevelopment0]

Code::Blocks

[RaoulEmilian]

@wermington You can use Dev-C++,i think.

[pakistanzindabada]

sorry i didnt uderstand!!

[InfernoDevelopment0]

Which part didn't you understand?

[tomazsilva]

codeblocks

[InfernoDevelopment0]

Well that's great news, I might release another one in the near future.

[madhoundnet]

This is awesome 5/5, make more tutorials!!!

Your voice is right for the job :P

Cheers

[boneseh]

Nice tutorial, very helpful, but mine won't compile!

[InfernoDevelopment0]

Did you use the same code?