[fpc-pascal] Shared library with resources which contain bitmaps on Linux -- second try

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Roland Turcan wrote:

> Hello FPC-Pascal users discussions!
> 
> How can I build a shared library which contains many bitmaps loaded
> dynamically from the code using by:
> 
> procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
> CONST MYRES_DLL    ='./libmyres.so';
> begin
>   FhMod := LoadLibrary (PCHAR (MYRES_DLL));
> 
>   IF FhMod = 0 THEN begin
>     ShowMessage ('Failed to load library ' + MYRES_DLL + '.');
>   end else begin
>     ShowMessage ('Library ' + MYRES_DLL + ' is successfully loaded');
>     
>     Image1.Picture.Bitmap.LoadFromResourceName (FhMod, 'pict');
>   end;
> 
>   IF FhMod <> 0 THEN begin
>     FreeLibrary (FhMod);
>   end;
> end;
> 
> 
> I have tried to do it in all ways I know, but loading the shared
> library was OK, but the LoadFromResourceName raises an exception
> "Resource XY not found".

With FPC 2.2.2, the answer is simple: you cannot.

With version 2.3.1, you can try the new support for resources, 
and it should work "out of the box".

Michael.