IDynamicLibraryLoader

Full name Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.DynamicInterop.IDynamicLibraryLoader Assembly Microsoft.VisualBasic.Runtime Members 4

An interface definition to hide the platform specific aspects of library loading

00 Remarks

There are probably projects 'out there' doing this already, but nothing is obvious from a quick search. Re-consider again if you need more features.

01 Syntax

Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.DynamicInterop.IDynamicLibraryLoader

02 Methods

Name	Overloads	Summary
LoadLibrary	1	Load a native library (DLL on windows, shared libraries on Linux and MacOS)
GetLastError	1	Gets the last error message from the native API used to load the library.
FreeLibrary	1	Unloads a library
GetFunctionAddress	1	Gets a pointer to the address of a native function in the specified loaded library

03 Members

method LoadLibrary #

LoadLibrary(String)

Load a native library (DLL on windows, shared libraries on Linux and MacOS)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`filename`	`String`	The file name (short file name) of the library to load, e.g. R.dll on Windows

method GetLastError #

GetLastError

Gets the last error message from the native API used to load the library.

method FreeLibrary #

FreeLibrary(IntPtr)

Unloads a library

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`handle`	`IntPtr`	The pointer to the entry point of the library

method GetFunctionAddress #

GetFunctionAddress(IntPtr, String)

Gets a pointer to the address of a native function in the specified loaded library

Remarks

GetProcAddress

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`hModule`	`IntPtr`	Handle of the module(library)
`lpProcName`	`String`	The name of the function sought

Returns

Handle to the native function