dll from win32 console.

Dear Friends
I have a mfc application which I already converted to a dll. now I want to launch that application from another win32 client application. So how I can achieve this. Any h elp would be highly appreciated.
check my code snippet.

//in App.h header
extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void runAppli();
//in App.cpp
__declspec(dllexport) void runAppli(HWND hWnd)
{
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
}
//In the client console

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
typedef void (*EntryPointfuncPtr)(int argc, const char * argv );
HINSTANCE LoadMe;
LoadMe = LoadLibrary(L"C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll");
if (LoadMe != 0)
printf("LoadMe library loaded!\n");
else
printf("LoadMe library failed to load!\n");
EntryPointfuncPtr LibMainEntryPoint;
LibMainEntryPoint = (EntryPointfuncPtr)GetProcAddress(LoadMe,"runAppli");
return 0;
}

I am not able to launch with this code. Please tell me whats going wrong... My application is appearing and disappearing from the screen.

Thanks a lot for any help. Sujan

 

My application is launching but its going off. Please tell me whats going wrong. Thanks Sujan

 

check my code snippet

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/* get handle to dll */
HINSTANCE hGetProcIDDLL = LoadLibrary(TEXT("C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"));

/* get pointer to the function in the dll*/
FARPROC lpfnGetProcessID = GetProcAddress(HMODULE (hGetProcIDDLL),"runAppli");

/*
Define the Function in the DLL for reuse. This is just prototyping the dll's function.
A mock of it. Use "stdcall" for maximum compatibility.
*/
typedef BOOL (__stdcall * pICFUNC)(HWND);

pICFUNC MyFunction;
MyFunction = pICFUNC(lpfnGetProcessID);


HWND fWindow; // Window handle of the window you want to get

fWindow = FindWindow(NULL, L"Window_title"); // Find the window

///* The actual call to the function contained in the dll */
BOOL intMyReturnVal = MyFunction(fWindow);

/* Release the Dll */
FreeLibrary(hGetProcIDDLL);
return 0;
}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//and in the App.cpp
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
__declspec(dllexport) void runAppli(HWND hwnd)

{
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
thisDLL->m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);
}


My application is launching but crashing immediately. Please tell me what should I do ? Please help me someone. Thanks Sujan

 

I am able to reduce the code to this much but still its crashing...
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/* get handle to dll */
HINSTANCE hGetProcIDDLL = LoadLibrary(TEXT("C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"));

/* get pointer to the function in the dll*/
FARPROC lpfnGetProcessID = GetProcAddress(HMODULE (hGetProcIDDLL),"runAppli");

/*
Define the Function in the DLL for reuse. This is just prototyping the dll's function.
A mock of it. Use "stdcall" for maximum compatibility.
*/
typedef BOOL (* pICFUNC)(HINSTANCE, LPCSTR);

pICFUNC MyFunction=NULL;

///* The actual call to the function contained in the dll */
BOOL intMyReturnVal = MyFunction(HMODULE (hGetProcIDDLL), "runAppli");

/* Release the Dll */
FreeLibrary(hGetProcIDDLL);
return 0;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

__declspec(dllexport) void runAppli()

{
AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

 

Now the code is looking like this ....But still application is not launching.

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
/* get handle to dll */
HMODULE hDll = LoadLibrary(TEXT("C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"));
typedef BOOL (* ICFUNC)(HINSTANCE, LPCSTR);
ICFUNC lpfnGetProcessID = (ICFUNC)GetProcAddress(hDll, "runAppli");
///* The actual call to the function contained in the dll */
BOOL intMyReturnVal = lpfnGetProcessID(hDll, "runAppli");
/* Release the Dll */
FreeLibrary(hDll);
return 0;
}
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
extern "C" BOOL __declspec(dllexport) runAppli(HWND hwnd, LPCSTR lpAppName)
{
// Only needed if resources are accessed
//AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());
::ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW);
UNREFERENCED_PARAMETER(lpAppName);
return true;
}

 

How can I get the handle from the client console and pass it to the lpfnGetProcessID .... to runAppli....With the code below I am getting run-time error. that hwnd being used without being intialized.. Please tell me how can I initialize hwnd. Thanks Sujan


int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
HWND hwnd;
/* get handle to dll */
HMODULE hDll = LoadLibrary(TEXT("C:\\Users\\DasmahapatraS\\Projects\\Bhagavan_Cadem\\RevolutionProj\\debug\\RevolutionProj.dll"));
typedef BOOL (* ICFUNC)(HWND, LPCSTR);
ICFUNC lpfnGetProcessID = (ICFUNC)GetProcAddress(hDll, "runAppli");
///* The actual call to the function contained in the dll */
BOOL intMyReturnVal = lpfnGetProcessID(hwnd, "runAppli");
/* Release the Dll */
FreeLibrary(hDll);
return 0;
}