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Thank you very much Victor. I appreciate your help.

Graham
Jul 23 '05 #1
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I am a vc++ prog. and having very basic knowledge.. I want to know is
there any diff. between extern "C" ... and __declspec (dllexport) ...
If yes, please explain whats the difference between them ??

Jul 23 '05 #2
Jigar Mehta wrote:
I am a vc++ prog. and having very basic knowledge.. I want to know is
there any diff. between extern "C" ... and __declspec (dllexport) ...
If yes, please explain whats the difference between them ??


The difference is simple: the former is a valid C++ construct, the latter
is a compiler extension, off-topic in this newsgroup. Now, that's the
difference relevant in comp.lang.c++. If you want to know the *real*
meaning of __declspec(dllexport), you need to ask in a newsgroup for your
compiler, news:microsoft.public.vc.language

V
Jul 23 '05 #3
OK Thanks..

Jul 23 '05 #4

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