External dll/so

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How I can add dll/so to  main project as reference?

in visual studio you cad add dll as reference, Can I do this in lazarus?

How I can load dll/so dynamically in main project?

[jixian.yang]

In Lazarus, we can put {$MODE DELPHI} in the unit which calls the dlls, then it is the same way as in Delphi.

The demo projects for Delphi is quite easy to Google.

[felipemdc]

In Lazarus you don't need to add a reference to the library in the project itself, you simply add code which binds to the library.

Here is documentation about how to dynamically load a dynamic library:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus/FPC_Libraries#Loadlibrary_-_loading_a_dynamic_library

And about how to statically load a dynamic library:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus/FPC_Libraries#External_-_statically_loading_a_dynamic_library

[jixian.yang]

Thanks.