how to create a shared DLL

Question

I have made a DLL and i can use it in almost any other program by pasting it in the directory of the program.

Now i wanted to make a Shared dll so that i can use one copy of my dll for many programs without even pasting the dll in their respective directory.

Plsss tell me how to make such a DLL in c++

Answer 1

The easiest way is copying the DLL in to the windows or system directory.

See the DLL search order: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682586(v=vs.85).aspx

Answer 2

You can place the DLL in one of search paths used when searching for a DLL as mentioned here - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18(v=vs.80).aspx 

After this any program can use the DLL and it will be found by Windows.

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