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Hi all,

I have something you'll no doubt be able to help me with:

Goal: create a Class shared by a dozen or so projects (the Class provides the functionality to create reports in HTML format).

Question: how to accomplish this (I use the Harbor dialect). I see there are class templates, but they create DLL’s. Is there a way the class code can be pulled in at compile time?

Thanks folks,
Roland

Hi Roland,
to have a class shared by several projects you have to create a DLL and to include it in the references of every application.
This library can be part of the same project as the executable or of a different project.
There are other, more advanced possibilities to share code, but they have some drawbacks and need much more attention.
Wolfgang

Hi Roland,

If the class consists of one or a few prg files it is not difficult, you just need to add the file in all of your apps/projects that need it, as a linked file. In order to do that in XIDE, when you add the file, just say "No" when asked to copy it to the app folder. I think Wolfgang refers to the complexity of making sure all your apps use the compiler options that this class requires, but I think that's manageable.