How to load a DLL file in D?

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 20:04:38 UTC, Lance Bachmeier wrote:
> On Saturday, 11 May 2024 at 19:33:03 UTC, solidstate1991 wrote:
>> I know that BindBC exists and otherwise would use it, but the 
>> bigger the library, the more extra hurdle it'll have. When I 
>> did a few bindings with it, I had to order the functions the 
>> right way, so I could do things much quicker with the 
>> Ctrl+Alt+Shift trick under VSCode, and even then having to 
>> write both a statically linked and dynamically linked version 
>> (the latter which required the functions to be loaded 
>> individually into function pointers).
>>
>> Maybe I should write some automation tool...
>
> You might find this package useful 
> https://code.dlang.org/packages/dynamic

Also relevant if they're C functions: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/qxctappnigkwvaqakeqf@forum.dlang.org

And this if you want to convert C headers to D code: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/ugvc3o$5t3$1@digitalmars.com