dllimport in C header file Windows vs. Unix

[kardon33]

Let me explain my problem, Im currently trying to use a Perl module that was built for a Windows OS that uses a .dll and .lib file. I have obtained the c header files that the modules were built with.

I am trying to use SWIG to write my Perl mod with those files but I getting a bunch of errors with the "extern "C" __declspec(dllimport)" command kinda know that basics of the command, its used to declare vars from a .dll. If im wrong please clarify.

My question is what is the equivilent to using .dlls in a unix system and what could i use to port my code over to Unix OS.

Any information on .dll UNIX and Windows and C header files would greatly be appreciated, I am not that familiar with C but i have other coding experience so i can kinda fallow most of it.

Thanks in advance

A few code snippets of the header files.

//-----------------------------------------------------------
//
//    The _PacketLog structure is used for diagnostic packet
//      monitoring in DMX-Workshop
//
//-----------------------------------------------------------
 
typedef struct      {
                        unsigned long Count;                    //Count of packets between heartbeaks.
                        unsigned long Frequency;                //Packet frequency for last sample
                        unsigned long TotalCount;               //Totals
            }_LogEntry;
 
 
typedef struct S_PacketLog     {
 
                        _LogEntry LogEntry[PkMax];
 
            }_PacketLog;
 
 
 
extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) PipeEntry    PipeLibrary[MaxPipes];
extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) NodeEntry    NodeLibrary[MaxNodes];
extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) _PacketLog    PacketLog;
 
 

#ifndef __DongleImport_H
#define __DongleImport_H
 
#include "DongleArtNetMS.h"
 
#include "DongleArtNetGlobal.h"
 
#define DLL_MODE __declspec(dllimport)
 
extern "C" WORD DLL_MODE ArtNetInit(char* NewIp);
extern "C" void DLL_MODE ArtNetEnd(void);
extern "C" bool DLL_MODE ArtNetReadWrite(int Pipe);
 
extern "C" void DLL_MODE ArtNetSendUdp(BYTE* Ptr, WORD Size);                           // broadcast
extern "C" void DLL_MODE ArtNetSendUdpPrivate(int NodeIndex, BYTE* Ptr, WORD Size);     // to node's private address
 

[TamusJRoyce]

http://bytes.com/forum/thread486852.html (maybe this will help?)

A .so library is the linux version of a .dll. Maybe try searching for how to use winetools (winehq) for using dll functions within linux. But my bet would be that it can't hook into the linux version of mod_python without running apache & mod_perl within wine (and why run linux then?).

I do know some projects have windows .dll's within them under linux such as gimp and win32codec pack for linux, but as to how they do it, I don't know.

You should also probably search apache's website for how to program in C/C++ for mod_perl, too.