From: Matthew Mastracci <mmastrac AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: COM Update
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 08:13:39 -0600
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On 9 Sep 1997, Colin Walsh wrote:

> >      Whoops- looks like I was a little hasty saying that the objects could
> > be stored in .DXE files.  I didn't realize that a .DXE has to be
> > single-section.  I think I may be able to compile the drivers as .EXE
> > files, have them create an instance of the class and call an interrupt to
> > pass the selector:offset of the class's pointer to the main program.  This
> > way, there isn't a "proxy" between function calls (they call the class
> > functions as if the class was allocated in the program).
> 
> I may know of a solution to your DXE problem. A friend of mine, Luke Bishop, has made a dynamic library
> type called DLX, and, it can support multiple functions.

I've read through the DLX specs/source and it's very interesting.  I think
I'll be able to pass class pointers back and forth between the main .EXE
and the .DLX with a bit of work.  Thanks for the pointer...

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