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In Delphi or C you can call functions in Dlls in two ways:dynamic or static way,for example,
static way(Delphi):
//declare
procedure Foo(s:string); external 'abc.dll' ;
//use
Foo('fff')...

dynamic way:
type TFunc=procedure(s:string) ;
var p:TFunc;
h:=LoadLibraryA('abc.dll')
p:=GetProcAddress(h,'Foo')
p('sdf');...

while in PB,I can use OpenLibrary and GetFunction...I think this is dynamic way.
how can I use the static way?

Prototypes ?
I think ....

Bisonte wrote:Prototypes ?

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Prototype pExternalCall(Param1, Param2)
If OpenLibrary(0, "some.dll")
  Global MyExCall.pExternalCall = GetFunction(0, "FunctionName")
  CloseLibrary(0)  
EndIf
Var = MyExCall(1,2)

I think ....

well,that's a dynamic way, you must "open" a library,.(just like "LoadLibrary"),if your dll does not exist, nothing wrong will happen,but you will see a error dialog if you use the static way.

For static binding a dll you have to import the lib of the dll!
If you don't have the lib, you can create it with polib.exe.

Keep in mind with the "static" linking using a import library your program will simply quit if the dll is missing, at least on PB since it does not perform a delayed loading (AFAIK).
Linking it at runtime you can check if the dll exists.