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For xCode 4 it looks like you need to select eithe...

2011-12-30T15:40:50.557-06:00

For xCode 4 it looks like you need to select either the C/C++ library or STL C++ library project type and make sure the Type is set to "dynamic"

From there most things should be the same as to how you declare into such a dynamic library.

Thank you Norman!

2011-12-19T08:26:07.255-06:00

Thank you Norman!

Darn thing keeps whacking the URL I'm trying t...

2011-12-18T13:57:06.017-06:00

Darn thing keeps whacking the URL I'm trying to post.
If you google for "OS X man page dyld" you should see the man page from OS X and it lists & explains how to use the @variables

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentat...

2011-12-18T13:56:05.928-06:00

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/man1/dyld.1.html

@executable_path is actually not tied to Real Stud...

2011-12-18T13:54:42.680-06:00

@executable_path is actually not tied to Real Studio.
It's part of Mac OS X and how it locates & loads dynamic libraries. On many other OS's there's a search path that is used to locate dynamic libraries.
Not so on OS X. So dyld, the dynamic link editor requires some means to know where to locate dynamic libraries. But this is often an absolute path which would be useless for a bundled application that has it's own frameworks & libraries included with it.
So there are three @variables that can be used
@executable_path, @loader_path & @rpath.

More information can be found on

Now this is what I'm talking about. Good stuff...

2011-12-17T17:34:26.646-06:00

Now this is what I'm talking about. Good stuff!

Where is @executable_path documented? Is it only ...

2011-12-13T08:47:26.879-06:00

Where is @executable_path documented? Is it only available in Declares? Are there any others?

Thanks for the helpful article. May I ask that thi...

2011-12-12T10:11:18.798-06:00

Thanks for the helpful article. May I ask that this also gets added to the persistent docs, i.e. the User Manual and maybe the LR (under "declare", perhaps), too?

Also, to pass a ptr to a struct, one can use ByRef. In fact, ByRef can be used for any ref to any variable.

There are issues with passing and returning structs in PPC code, though, so beware if you still use PPC builds.

Great tutorial! Thanks for posting.

2011-12-12T09:19:52.935-06:00

Great tutorial! Thanks for posting.