[Wine] using win32 DLLs in Linux

[Geoff Streeter]

At 2007-07-29 02:12 +0200, Piotr Kowalski wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have a win32 DLL library, which I can't decompile, and can't get it's 
>source
>code, but which I'd like to use in my Linux program. I wondered about making
>a win32<->Linux interface to use this library, using ready-to-use wine
>libraries.
>
>Is it possible, using wine libraries, to have access to functions from this
>DLL?
>
>If yes, can you tell me how?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>--
>Best regards,
>Piotr Kowalski
>
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The answer is yes. This is a typical scenario for a winelib program. dlls 
can be swapped between native and windows.

So write your C code. Use LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress(). Call your 
routine accordingly. The winelib libraries will do the hard work of loading 
the dlls for you.

If you don't need dynamic linking there may be even easier techniques. 
Either way you need to read the winelib documentation.

Geoff Streeter