Monkeybread Xojo plugin - DeclareLibraryMBS methods

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DeclareLibraryMBS.Constructor(LibFile as folderItem)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Loads a library.

Pass path to DLL on Windows, dylib on MacOS or so file on Linux.
Raises exception in case of problems.

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Constructor(LibPath as string)

DeclareLibraryMBS.Constructor(LibPath as string)

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Loads a library.

Example

// change path if you like to try this on Windows or Linux
Var d As New DeclareLibraryMBS("/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib")

Var lines() As String = d.SymbolNames
Break // look in list of functions

Pass path to DLL on Windows, dylib on MacOS or so file on Linux.
Raises exception in case of problems.

See also:

Constructor(LibFile as folderItem)

DeclareLibraryMBS.Symbol(name as string) as ptr

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Queries function or data pointer for a symbol.

Example

// change path if you like to try this on Windows or Linux
Var d As New DeclareLibraryMBS("/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib")

// zlibVersion
// ZEXTERN Const char * ZEXPORT zlibVersion Of((void));

Var p As ptr = d.Symbol("zlibVersion")
Var f As New DeclareFunctionMBS("()Z", p)

Var n As String = f.Invoke
MsgBox "zlibVersion: "+n

Returns nil if not found.

DeclareLibraryMBS.SymbolName(index as Integer) as string

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Queries name of a symbol.

Index is in range from 0 to SymbolCount-1.

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SymbolName(p as Ptr) as string

DeclareLibraryMBS.SymbolName(p as Ptr) as string

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Queries name of a symbol from the ptr.

Looks up the symbol table to find the entry with the right pointer and returns the name.
Returns "" if not found.

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SymbolName(index as Integer) as string

DeclareLibraryMBS.SymbolNames as string()

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
method	DynamicDeclares	MBS Util Plugin	20.3	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	All

Queries list of symbols of a library.

Example

// change path if you like to try this on Windows or Linux
Var d As New DeclareLibraryMBS("/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib")

Var lines() As String = d.SymbolNames
Break // look in list of functions

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