// 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))
+ type pfn ## name = (type)(dynlib).GetSymbol(wxT(#name))
// a more convenient function replacing wxDYNLIB_FUNCTION above
static wxString GetPluginsDirectory();
+#ifdef __WXMSW__
+ // return the handle (HMODULE/HINSTANCE) of the DLL with the given name
+ // and/or containing the specified address: for XP and later systems only
+ // the address is used and the name is ignored but for the previous systems
+ // only the name (which may be either a full path to the DLL or just its
+ // base name, possibly even without extension) is used
+ //
+ // the returned handle reference count is not incremented so it doesn't
+ // need to be freed using FreeLibrary() but it also means that it can
+ // become invalid if the DLL is unloaded
+ static HINSTANCE MSWGetModuleHandle(const char *name, void *addr);
+#endif // __WXMSW__
+
protected:
// common part of GetSymbol() and HasSymbol()
void *DoGetSymbol(const wxString& name, bool *success = 0) const;