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Hi All,

I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static members.
I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically.

My question is where is the correct (and best way) to initialize
theses variables? If I initialize them in the class CPP (in the DLL)
then I get linkage error when I try to link my project with the LIB,
and I don't want to make the user initialize those variables.

---- The DLL mydll.dll :
classA.h:

class DLL_EXPORT A{
static int x;
}

classA.cpp
I would like to write:

int A::x = 0;
----

Thanks,
Avi
Jul 19 '05 #1
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Avi Uziel wrote:
Hi All,

I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static members.
I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically.

[SNIP]

Your question is Windows (DLL) specific. Please post to a Windows
programming newsgroup. Find one in this:

http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt

or in the FAQ:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lit...t.html#faq-5.9

--
Attila aka WW
Jul 19 '05 #2

"Attila Feher" <at**********@l mf.ericsson.se> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@newstree.wis e.edt.ericsson. se...
Avi Uziel wrote:
Hi All,

I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static members.
I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically. [SNIP]

Your question is Windows (DLL) specific.


His actual question wasn't.
My question is where is the correct (and best way) to initialize
theses variables?
classA.cpp
I would like to write:
int A::x = 0;


That is the correct way. If that doesn't work, he has some other problem.
Jul 19 '05 #3
WW
jeffc wrote:
"Attila Feher" <at**********@l mf.ericsson.se> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@newstree.wis e.edt.ericsson. se...
Avi Uziel wrote:
Hi All,

I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static
members. I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically.

[SNIP]

Your question is Windows (DLL) specific.


His actual question wasn't.


It was. Read the post.
My question is where is the correct (and best way) to initialize
theses variables?
classA.cpp
I would like to write:
int A::x = 0;


That is the correct way. If that doesn't work, he has some other
problem.


The OP wrote:
8<===
If I initialize them in the class CPP (in the DLL)
then I get linkage error when I try to link my project with the LIB,
and I don't want to make the user initialize those variables.

===>8

He has a problem. And it very much seems to be DLL related.

--
WW aka Attila
Jul 19 '05 #4

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...
jeffc wrote:
"Attila Feher" <at**********@l mf.ericsson.se> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@newstree.wis e.edt.ericsson. se...
Avi Uziel wrote:
Hi All,

I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static
members. I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically.
[SNIP]

Your question is Windows (DLL) specific.


His actual question wasn't.


It was. Read the post.


The only question in his post was "My question is where is the correct (and
best way) to initialize theses variables?"
Jul 19 '05 #5
WW
jeffc wrote:
"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...
jeffc wrote:
"Attila Feher" <at**********@l mf.ericsson.se> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@newstree.wis e.edt.ericsson. se...
Avi Uziel wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm writing a Windows DLL which contain some utility classes.
> One of my classes is Singleton, therefore contain some static
> members. I'm using VC6 and linking to the DLL statically.
[SNIP]

Your question is Windows (DLL) specific.

His actual question wasn't.


It was. Read the post.


The only question in his post was "My question is where is the
correct (and best way) to initialize theses variables?"


If I initialize them in the class CPP (in the DLL)
then I get linkage error when I try to link my project with the LIB,
and I don't want to make the user initialize those variables.

---- The DLL mydll.dll :
classA.h:

class DLL_EXPORT A{
static int x;
}

classA.cpp
I would like to write:

int A::x = 0;
--
WW aka Attila
Jul 19 '05 #6

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...

If I initialize them in the class CPP (in the DLL)
then I get linkage error when I try to link my project with the LIB,
and I don't want to make the user initialize those variables.


This is off topic. Please don't post off topic messages. Take this to a
Windows newsgroup.
Jul 19 '05 #7
WW
jeffc wrote:
"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...

If I initialize them in the class CPP (in the DLL)
then I get linkage error when I try to link my project with the LIB,
and I don't want to make the user initialize those variables.


This is off topic. Please don't post off topic messages. Take this
to a Windows newsgroup.


This is what the OP posted, and you have refused to read. Stop trolling.

--
WW aka Attila
Jul 19 '05 #8

"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...
jeffc wrote:

This is off topic. Please don't post off topic messages. Take this
to a Windows newsgroup.


This is what the OP posted, and you have refused to read. Stop trolling.


Here's what the OP posted: "My question is where is the correct (and best
way) to initialize theses variables?" Everything else was irrelevant
detail. Stop being pedantic.
Jul 19 '05 #9
WW
jeffc wrote:
"WW" <wo***@freemail .hu> wrote in message
news:bk******** **@phys-news1.kolumbus. fi...
jeffc wrote:

This is off topic. Please don't post off topic messages. Take this
to a Windows newsgroup.


This is what the OP posted, and you have refused to read. Stop
trolling.


Here's what the OP posted: "My question is where is the correct (and
best way) to initialize theses variables?" Everything else was
irrelevant detail. Stop being pedantic.


And he continued: because when I try the correct way in my DLLs it does not
work.

Stop trolling.

--
WW aka Attila
Jul 19 '05 #10

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