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Hi.
Parden me if I do not express my question very well.

A project I am considering would benefit greatly from the ability to to compile a dll at runtime, on machines which may or may not have appropriate tools installed (so I may be looking at using third party tools if available)

For example, User runs my executable, which creates a dll with a function they want to use, selected by them.
My executable adds the function(s) and compiles a dll and outputs a usage txt file.

My questions are: is there some sort of tool/portalbe app I could use to accomplish this? is there a proper name or term for what I am trying to accomplish?

Any tips or comments are very welcome.

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What you're describing sounds like a compiler.

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Indeed :) Thanks.

does anyone know of any stand alone compilers I might use in such a fashion?
Ideally which accepts command line.

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Every compiler is command line driven.

In terms of a compiler that won't require your users to have to install it and all that junk, portable apps has a portable version of MinGW that probably requires less installation than other options.

If you're targetting a *nix system, you've got the existing configure scripts and you can assume they've got a compiler already.

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Thank's I'll have a look at MinGW.
I'm targeting Windows >= Xp

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Is this purely for the fun of it? It's really not common on Win to make the end user build the library themselves.

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Not for fun, well not entirely.

user programs in some other language but wants to use a c/c++ dll from within that language, and does not know how.

there are a preset amount of functions they can choose from, when selected, a dll will be built with that functionality.

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Would it not be easier to just build one with all the functions and give that to the user?

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Yes, but eventually I intend to attempt to convert code from another language and dynamically create functions.

So perhaps my question boils down to help with compiling a dll through commandline using a third party compiler, the easiest to use etc, bearing in mind I've only ever compiled code through Visual studio IDE, so I don't even know where to start.

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Thank you.
I don't understand why I never found that in my search.

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