[Gdal-dev] AutoLoadDrivers question

[Frank Warmerdam]

ma jianglin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>     
>      Would anyone be kind enough to tell me how to use the function 
> GDALDriverManage::AutoLoadDrivers 
> <http://www.gdal.org/classGDALDriverManager.html#1e10f0276813a9996f7f7c57486e787b>? 
> I am a little puzzed at its usage.  I don't know why we need this function.

Jianglin Ma,

This method loads drivers stored in external DLLs rather than "built into"
the main GDAL DLL.  It is automatically invoked by GDALAllRegister(), so you
don't normally need to call AutoLoadDrivers() yourself.

Are you asking what these external plugin drivers are useful for?

Best regards,
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