Not sure how to use this library

[inhahe]

Normally, when you make a DLL in Visual Studio, it automatically gives you a file with contents like this:

// dllmain.cpp : Defines the entry point for the DLL application.
#include "pch.h"

BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( HMODULE hModule,
                       DWORD  ul_reason_for_call,
                       LPVOID lpReserved
                     )
{
    switch (ul_reason_for_call)
    {
    case DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH:
    case DLL_THREAD_ATTACH:
    case DLL_THREAD_DETACH:
    case DLL_PROCESS_DETACH:
        break;
    }
    return TRUE;
}

But the pybind11 examples go something like this:

#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>

int add(int i, int j) {
    return i + j;
}

PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) {
    m.doc() = "pybind11 example plugin"; // optional module docstring

    m.def("add", &add, "A function that adds two numbers");
}

The #include at the top seems to imply that the above is the entire file, but it appears you actually have to use BOOL APIENTRY. I tried the following:

#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>

namespace py = pybind11;

#include <JuceHeader.h>
using namespace std;

juce::PluginDescription desc;
desc.fileOrIdentifier = "D:\\soundshop\\vst\\Synth1V113beta3\\Synth1\\Synth1 VST64.dll";
desc.pluginFormatName = "VST3";
juce::String errmsg;
auto manager = juce::AudioPluginFormatManager();
auto instance = manager.createPluginInstance(desc, 44100, 512, errmsg);

And I got errors like '->': trailing return type is not allowed after a non-function declarator

So, which case in the switch statement do you put your code under? Or do you just ignore the switch statement? And also, I'm trying to use pybind11 with juce, and when I make a shared library with projucer, it doesn't include the above dllmain.cpp file in the project. So, do I have to make it myself and just add it to the project and put my code somewhere within the dllmain function? Thanks.

[inhahe]

Oh, actually, it just occurred to me that even the example given above has its code inside a function, while mine doesn't yet. Maybe that's the only problem and I don't need BOOL APIENTRY Dllmain. duh. I'll try and get back to you guys. Thanks.