+// when loading a function from a DLL you always have to cast the returned
+// "void *" pointer to the correct type and, even more annoyingly, you have to
+// repeat this type twice if you want to declare and define a function pointer
+// all in one line
+//
+// this macro makes this slightly less painful by allowing you to specify the
+// type only once, as the first parameter, and creating a variable of this type
+// called "pfn<name>" initialized with the "name" from the "dynlib"
+#define wxDYNLIB_FUNCTION(type, name, dynlib) \
+ type pfn ## name = (type)(dynlib).GetSymbol(_T(#name))
+
+
+// the following macros can be used to redirect a whole
+// library to a class and check at run-time if the the
+// library is present and contains all required methods.
+
+#define wxDL_METHOD_DEFINE( rettype, name, args, shortargs, defret ) \
+ typedef rettype (* name ## Type) args ; \
+ name ## Type pfn_ ## name; \
+ rettype name args \
+ { if (m_ok) return pfn_ ## name shortargs ; return defret; }
+
+#define wxDL_VOIDMETHOD_DEFINE( name, args, shortargs ) \
+ typedef void (* name ## Type) args ; \
+ name ## Type pfn_ ## name; \
+ void name args \
+ { if (m_ok) pfn_ ## name shortargs ; }
+
+#define wxDL_METHOD_LOAD( lib, name, success ) \
+ pfn_ ## name = (name ## Type) lib->GetSymbol( wxT(#name), &success ); \
+ if (!success) return;