Re: Dumb DLL Question

[Michael Lang <mwlang@mindspring.com>]

At 12:59 PM 5/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>systems.  I'm curious as to why I would want to bother packaging some of my
>routines into a dll.  Why not just compile it into one big program since

In most Windows applications I've developed so far, I've used one large
executable.  However, for my latest project, we have a clear definition of
our base product and can produce a framework with standard plug-ins and
have this available quickly.   We will have in the neighborhood of 15
plug-ins for the base product scheduled for release in 6 months.  As our
market needs become more clearly defined, we can develop additional
components for release without having to ship an entire installation set or
without having to monkey with patches.  

Also with the new RTL feature, we'll be able to ship the original
installation on four or so diskettes and then any plug-ins will almost
always be less than 100k to ship, which makes e-mail delivery of updates
very feasible.  

That's my reason for dishing stuff out to DLLs.

Regards,

Michael