+{
+ return wxDllLoader::GetSymbol(m_handle, symbname);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// wxDllLoader
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/* static */
+wxDllType
+wxDllLoader::GetProgramHandle(void)
+{
+#if defined( HAVE_DLOPEN )
+ // optain handle for main program
+ return dlopen(NULL, RTLD_NOW/*RTLD_LAZY*/);
+#elif defined (HAVE_SHL_LOAD)
+ // shl_findsymbol with NULL handle looks up in main program
+ return 0;
+#else
+ wxFAIL_MSG( wxT("This method is not implemented under Windows or OS/2"));
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/* static */
+wxDllType
+wxDllLoader::LoadLibrary(const wxString & libname, bool *success)
+{
+ wxDllType handle;
+
+#if defined(__WXMAC__)
+ FSSpec myFSSpec ;
+ Ptr myMainAddr ;
+ Str255 myErrName ;
+
+ wxMacPathToFSSpec( libname , &myFSSpec ) ;
+ if (GetDiskFragment( &myFSSpec , 0 , kCFragGoesToEOF , "\p" , kPrivateCFragCopy , &handle , &myMainAddr ,
+ myErrName ) != noErr )
+ {
+ p2cstr( myErrName ) ;
+ wxASSERT_MSG( 1 , (char*)myErrName ) ;
+ return NULL ;
+ }
+#elif defined(__OS2__)
+ char zError[256] = "";
+ wxDllOpen(zError, libname, handle);
+#else // !Mac
+ handle = wxDllOpen(libname);
+#endif // OS
+
+ if ( !handle )
+ {
+ wxLogSysError(_("Failed to load shared library '%s'"), libname.c_str());
+ }
+
+ if ( success )
+ {
+ *success = handle != 0;
+ }
+
+ return handle;
+}
+
+
+/* static */
+void
+wxDllLoader::UnloadLibrary(wxDllType handle)
+{
+ wxDllClose(handle);
+}
+
+/* static */
+void *
+wxDllLoader::GetSymbol(wxDllType dllHandle, const wxString &name)