Re: Call functions in parent from a runtime loaded DLL
Hi Ajay,
I don't think David was making any assumptions. He was only offering up
another idea based on a possibilty that wasn't clearly spelled out in the
original post. I thought it was interesting. Frankly, I'd stay away from
COM for trivial stuff whenever possible especially if I have control over
all of the components of the applications and they are mostly single (or
low) use.
Tom
"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Yes, if you cannot control the application code you have to make do with
what is provided. But if you can, I agree with David that a non-COM
abastract interface is the way to go. I do it exactly the way David
says, with multiple inheritance (with the MFC base class in the
left-most position).
How is this possible? The only way this is possible is if you control
the main(host) app. How can you do this for example in Excel? What you
are saying is the way to go but its just not possible in a PlugIn
unless the host application supports it.
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Ajay
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