Re: Locking a dll -- dont allow loading

From: Jeo (jeo_at_ky___BIG-FISH-LITTLE-FISH___bert.com)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:11:25 -0000

How can i count? Since each call to loadLibary will create a new instance, i
cannot use global vars in the dll, and the registry will be too slow to stop
quick loadlibary calls

"Bruce Eitman (eMVP)" <beitmannospam@NOSPAM_applieddata.NOSPAM_net> wrote in
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> Return 0 from your init if you count more than one load.
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> "Jeo" <jeo@ky___BIG-FISH-LITTLE-FISH___bert.com ---Remove all fish> wrote
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>> Hi.
>>
>>
>> Is there a known proven standard way to stop a dll driver being loaded
> more
>> than once?
>>
>> I have a SPI driver and odviously it can only be loaded one at a time, if
>> there is 2 instances of the driver running, then the SPI data will
> currupt.
>>
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>
>

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