From 73545222392350bd66d22db0d2daf1d3bf42720b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vadim Zeitlin <vadim@wxwidgets.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:44:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added and documented wxDllLoader::GetDllExt()

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/branches/WX_2_2_BRANCH@7198 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
---
 docs/latex/wx/dllload.tex | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/dllload.tex b/docs/latex/wx/dllload.tex
index 1e0e7f81a4..dc4210e08d 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/dllload.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/dllload.tex
@@ -76,33 +76,15 @@ a handle to a loaded DLLs on the given platform.
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
-\membersection{wxDllLoader::LoadLibrary}\label{wxdllloaderloadlibrary}
+\membersection{wxDllLoader::GetDllExt}\label{wxdllloadergetdllext}
 
-\func{wxDllType}{LoadLibrary}{\param{const wxString \& }{libname}, \param{bool* }{success = NULL}}
+\func{static wxString}{GetDllExt}{\void}
 
-This function loads a shared library into memory, with {\it libname} being the
-name of the library: it may be either the full name including path and
-(platform-dependent) extenesion, just the basename (no path and no extension)
-or a basename with extentsion. In the last two cases, the library will be
-searched in all standard locations.
+Returns the string containing the usual extension for shared libraries for the
+given systems (including the leading dot if not empty).
 
-Returns a handle to the loaded DLL. Use {\it success} parameter to test if it
-is valid. If the handle is valid, the library must be unloaded later with 
-\helpref{UnloadLibrary}{wxdllloaderunloadlibrary}.
-
-\wxheading{Parameters}
-
-\docparam{libname}{Name of the shared object to load.}
-
-\docparam{success}{May point to a bool variable which will be set to TRUE or
-FALSE; may also be {\tt NULL}.}
-
-\membersection{wxDllLoader::UnloadLibrary}\label{wxdllloaderunloadlibrary}
-
-\func{void}{UnloadLibrary}{\param{wxDllType }{dllhandle}}
-
-This function unloads the shared library. The handle {\it dllhandle} must have
-been returned by \helpref{LoadLibrary}{wxdllloaderloadlibrary} previously.
+For example, this function will return {\tt ".dll"} under Windows or (usually) 
+{\tt ".so"} under Unix.
 
 \membersection{wxDllLoader::GetProgramHandle}\label{wxdllloadergetprogramhandle}
 
@@ -132,3 +114,32 @@ an error occured.
 
 \docparam{name}{Name of the symbol.}
 
+\membersection{wxDllLoader::LoadLibrary}\label{wxdllloaderloadlibrary}
+
+\func{wxDllType}{LoadLibrary}{\param{const wxString \& }{libname}, \param{bool* }{success = NULL}}
+
+This function loads a shared library into memory, with {\it libname} being the
+name of the library: it may be either the full name including path and
+(platform-dependent) extenesion, just the basename (no path and no extension)
+or a basename with extentsion. In the last two cases, the library will be
+searched in all standard locations.
+
+Returns a handle to the loaded DLL. Use {\it success} parameter to test if it
+is valid. If the handle is valid, the library must be unloaded later with 
+\helpref{UnloadLibrary}{wxdllloaderunloadlibrary}.
+
+\wxheading{Parameters}
+
+\docparam{libname}{Name of the shared object to load.}
+
+\docparam{success}{May point to a bool variable which will be set to TRUE or
+FALSE; may also be {\tt NULL}.}
+
+\membersection{wxDllLoader::UnloadLibrary}\label{wxdllloaderunloadlibrary}
+
+\func{void}{UnloadLibrary}{\param{wxDllType }{dllhandle}}
+
+This function unloads the shared library. The handle {\it dllhandle} must have
+been returned by \helpref{LoadLibrary}{wxdllloaderloadlibrary} previously.
+
+