Jim Morash wrote:
Is it possible, via Wine, to link against a Windows DLL in a C++ program compiled under Linux? My specific situation: I would like to interface a piece of hardware over a serial port. The manufacturer refuses to provide a serial comms specification for the device "because it's proprietary", but they will happily provide a Windows DLL that can be used to control the device. Any chance of using it under Linux? thanks
--Jim Morash
I think you may build a winelib application that uses LoadLibrary() to load the DLL at runtime, then query the entry points for the interesting functions. You can even use C++ (wineg++). But if I were in your case (unknown protocol over standard serial port, no specs from manufacturer), I would consider compiling bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/), installing Windows inside, along with a win32 app that uses the port, then modify bochs in order to log the serial port communication between the virtual machine and the hardware port. If the DLL is the only thing that ties you to Windows, then you would be the proud owner of a native Linux program that interacts with the hardware. I know this is possible, because I did the exact same thing in order to figure out a parallel-port protocol for a MP3 player that was initially Windows-only.
Alex Villacis Lasso