[Qgis-developer] Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS and ECW and MrSid formats

[Marco Pasetti]

Sjur,

>Windows indeed allows plugin dlls, using the LoadLibrary() and 
>GetProcAddress() functions, the former taking a file name as input. 
>Combined with a FileOpen dialog, the user can direct >the program to her 
>separately downloaded (or built) dll.

>I don't know if these port to linux/Mac. Or if they are at all necessary 
>(or elegant) in Qgis. I've used them to load dlls implementing a subclass, 
>and with an object factory as the only dll >export. The application grabs 
>the object factory by GetProcAddress(), and must know the base class which 
>defines the interface. Then the dll subclass can perform any task as long 
>as >the base class interface suffice.

Many thanks for your technical suggestion. I'll surely consider it.

Regards,

Marco