exporting C++ classes from a DLL

[Alfonso Morra]

I have a class declared as ff:

class __declspec(dllexport) A {
public:
A() ;
A(const A&)
A& operator=(const A&) ;
~A() ;

void doThis(void) ;
void doThat(void) ;

private:
std::string s ;
std::vector< <std::pair> > vp ;
......
};
When I compile the code, the compiler generates several warnings such as:

warning C4251: 'A::s' : class 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>'
needs to have dll-interface to be used by clients of class 'A'
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits<char>,
_Ax=std::allocator<char>
]

etc. Why do I have to export private variables (is that what the warning
message is instructing me to do?)

Despite the warnings, the code builds and the dll is built. When I use
the dll in another project, problems (unsuprisingly) arise but they are
of a slightly different kind. One of the class methods is anoverloaded
function template method. This does not seem to be exported and I am
getting a link error when I try to link to A.lib so I can create a
project that uses classes exported by A.dll

Any pointers will be appreciated. Tks

[Nishant Sivakumar]

See : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q168958/

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Regards,
Nish [VC++ MVP]
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I have a class declared as ff:

class __declspec(dllexport) A {
public:
A() ;
A(const A&)
A& operator=(const A&) ;
~A() ;

void doThis(void) ;
void doThat(void) ;

private:
std::string s ;
std::vector< <std::pair> > vp ;
......
};
When I compile the code, the compiler generates several warnings such as:

warning C4251: 'A::s' : class 'std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits,_Ax>' needs
to have dll-interface to be used by clients of class 'A'
with
[
_Elem=char,
_Traits=std::char_traits<char>,
_Ax=std::allocator<char>
]

etc. Why do I have to export private variables (is that what the warning
message is instructing me to do?)

Despite the warnings, the code builds and the dll is built. When I use the
dll in another project, problems (unsuprisingly) arise but they are of a
slightly different kind. One of the class methods is anoverloaded function
template method. This does not seem to be exported and I am getting a link
error when I try to link to A.lib so I can create a project that uses
classes exported by A.dll

Any pointers will be appreciated. Tks