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Re: how to add DLL to a NB Platform Library Module
by Sven Reimers
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This solves your problem, since the *.dll is loaded from inside the
VM. If this *.dll requires another *.dll it also has to provide, it is
even more difficult to get this working.
The main problem is that the second *.dll is loaded via the os
mechanism, which just looks in . or whatever is declared beforehand on
a systemwide scale. This is bad for a module that just would like to
bring the library and remove it on uninstall.
The actual solution is to put the *.dll into . (in nb6 this is
netbeans/) to get this to work. BUt it would be better to have a
similar solution to what is done for the wrapper *.dll's, e,g, add
modules/lib of all clusters to the operating system library path , so
that *.dll's would be found there as well.
Anybody any further comments on this?
-Sven
On 1/25/07, Dejan Vucinic <dejan.vucinic@...> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointers Radim. The problem, of course, was that
> it's not modules/lib that the build script looks in, it's
> release/modules/lib which is not really documented in an obvious
> place.
>
> The correct way to do it would be to have an Action in the Library
> Wrapper Module so that a right-click offers a menu option
> "Add Native Library..." which pops up a file chooser and copies
> the chosen .dll or .so to the appropriate location. This is a
> two-minute job for someone who knows where to add the action.
> Could someone please do it in NB6? I'm sure hundreds of folks
> stumble on this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --dv
>
> Radim Kubacki wrote:
> > Dejan Vucinic wrote:
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I've been trying for the past couple of days to add a native library
> >> to a Library Module for the NetBeans 5.5 Platform. The situation
> >> seems to me like something that would be encountered often: I
> >> have a third-party .jar file that comes with its own .DLL for use on
> >> windows machines. I can wrap the .jar in a Library Module with a
> >> few mouse clicks as described in the documentation, but no
> >> matter where I put the .DLL, regardless of adding <include ...>
> >> statements to common.xml, the .DLL just doesn't get found by
> >> the target platform. Could anyone please explain why this is such
> >> a pain? Will this get fixed in NB 6?
> >>
> > The module system looks for native libraries in modules/lib directories.
> > You can look at the example of extbrowser module that is part of IDE.
> >
> > -Radim
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --dv
> >>
> >
>
VM. If this *.dll requires another *.dll it also has to provide, it is
even more difficult to get this working.
The main problem is that the second *.dll is loaded via the os
mechanism, which just looks in . or whatever is declared beforehand on
a systemwide scale. This is bad for a module that just would like to
bring the library and remove it on uninstall.
The actual solution is to put the *.dll into . (in nb6 this is
netbeans/) to get this to work. BUt it would be better to have a
similar solution to what is done for the wrapper *.dll's, e,g, add
modules/lib of all clusters to the operating system library path , so
that *.dll's would be found there as well.
Anybody any further comments on this?
-Sven
On 1/25/07, Dejan Vucinic <dejan.vucinic@...> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointers Radim. The problem, of course, was that
> it's not modules/lib that the build script looks in, it's
> release/modules/lib which is not really documented in an obvious
> place.
>
> The correct way to do it would be to have an Action in the Library
> Wrapper Module so that a right-click offers a menu option
> "Add Native Library..." which pops up a file chooser and copies
> the chosen .dll or .so to the appropriate location. This is a
> two-minute job for someone who knows where to add the action.
> Could someone please do it in NB6? I'm sure hundreds of folks
> stumble on this one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --dv
>
> Radim Kubacki wrote:
> > Dejan Vucinic wrote:
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> I've been trying for the past couple of days to add a native library
> >> to a Library Module for the NetBeans 5.5 Platform. The situation
> >> seems to me like something that would be encountered often: I
> >> have a third-party .jar file that comes with its own .DLL for use on
> >> windows machines. I can wrap the .jar in a Library Module with a
> >> few mouse clicks as described in the documentation, but no
> >> matter where I put the .DLL, regardless of adding <include ...>
> >> statements to common.xml, the .DLL just doesn't get found by
> >> the target platform. Could anyone please explain why this is such
> >> a pain? Will this get fixed in NB 6?
> >>
> > The module system looks for native libraries in modules/lib directories.
> > You can look at the example of extbrowser module that is part of IDE.
> >
> > -Radim
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --dv
> >>
> >
>
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