Implicit and Explicit Loading

Implicit loading is done when you use a .DEF or import library to link your application.

The DLL is loaded by Windows when the application using the DLL is loaded.

Explicit loading is used to load DLLs at run time and requires the use of the Windows API functions LoadLibrary to load the DLL and GetProcAddress to return DLL function addresses.

See Also

• Mixing Static and Dynamic-linked Libraries