Is there a better way to load a dll in C++?

Question

Right now I do something like this and it seems messy if I end having a lot of functions I want to reference in my DLL. Is there a better and cleaner way of accessing the fu

Answer 1

After building your .dll get the .lib file nearby and link your test application with it. Use functions as they are declared in .h

There's a minor change you need to do in your header file:

#ifdef EXPORTS_API
  #define MY_API_EXPORT __declspec (dllexport)
#else
  #define MY_API_EXPORT __declspec (dllimport)
#endif

extern "C" {
    int MY_API_EXPORT Factorial(int n);

    // do the same for other functions
}

This way, when building your dll you define EXPORTS_API in your project settings and functions get exported, in the client application, no need to define anything.