external library and variable symbol

[Lloyd Dupont]

let say I have a DLL where there is:
extern __declspec(dllexport) char* SomeImportantName;


let say I want to dynamically (no static linking) update this value...
is it right to do as below?

HMODULE h = LoadLibrary("myLibrary");
char** p_SomeImportantName = (char**) GetProcAddress("SomeImportantName");
*p_SomeImportantName = newValue;

 

[Lloyd Dupont]

I don't know if it workis in general.
but in my case it was a shared function pointer.
and I cannot set it :/

 

[Lloyd Dupont]

never mind, I had it working!

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Lloyd, You should start posting to the more appropriate
microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc NG, your questions mostl if not all C++
related, you might find better answers there.

Willy.

 

[Lloyd Dupont]

makes sense !

anyway, hopefully, I am almost finished with my managed C++ wrapper!