Difference between load-time dynamic linking and run-time dynamic linking

load-time linking is when symbols in the library, referenced by the executable (or another library) are handled when the executable/library is loaded into memory, by the operating system. Run-time linking is when you use an API provided by the OS or through a library to load a DLL or DSO when you need it, and … Read more

Why is Visual Studio 2015 adding stdole.dll and Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient.dll to my project?

As others indicated, stdole.dll is a Primary Interop Assembly for a bunch of Office COM interop components. You can determine why it’s getting included in your project by doing the following. In Visual Studio, go to Tools > Options > Projects and Solutions > Build and Run. Change the “MSBuild project build output verbosity” setting … Read more

How do I decompile a .dll file?

The answer depends on what language the DLL was written in. If it was a .NET language then, as pointed out, you can use .NET Reflector. If it’s the older Visual Basic (pre-.NET), then the DLL is compiled as what’s called p-code and there are a few options for doing some variations on decompiling. Finally, … Read more

Dependency walker hangs

I’m currently on Windows 10 build 1809, and depends.exe hangs for every dll I try it with. The depends home page says “Dependency Walker runs on Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7, and 8” so I guess it’s not supported. Try Dependencies – An open-source modern Dependency Walker, it works fine … Read more

What’s a “.dll.a” file?

Naming the output file libjvm.dll.a will allow gcc to recognize it as a library named jvm. The .dll.a suffix indicates (by convention) that it is an import library, rather than a static library (which would simply be named libjvm.a, again by convention).

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