Re: Locking a dll -- dont allow loading

From: Bruce Eitman \(eMVP\) (beitmannospam_at_NOSPAM_applieddata.NOSPAM_net)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:39:17 -0500

Is this a driver or just a dll that you are using? In either case, yes they
share the global data. 

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Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
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Applied Data Systems
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"Jeo" <jeo@ky___BIG-FISH-LITTLE-FISH___bert.com ---Remove all fish> wrote in
message news:uW75v8ZHFHA.1396@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> 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
> message news:u%23uKUvZHFHA.2620@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Return 0 from your init if you count more than one load.
> >
> > -- 
> > Bruce Eitman (eMVP)
> > Senior Engineer
> > beitman AT applieddata DOT net
> >
> > Applied Data Systems
> > www.applieddata.net
> > An ISO 9001:2000 Registered Company
> > Microsoft WEP Gold-level Member
> >
> >
> > "Jeo" <jeo@ky___BIG-FISH-LITTLE-FISH___bert.com ---Remove all fish>
wrote
> > in
> > message news:O6Oh7%23YHFHA.3472@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> 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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