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<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>First of all, thanks
this great toolkit.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think we should
have DLL as the default output on Win32.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>This needs minor
code changes to the sp_func.h and sp.c files. (I already have
them)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another thing we
need, is to slightly change the interface of SP_receive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>The argument syntax
is not friendly towards easy conversion to .NET PInvoke.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a modified
wrapper, but I have done just enough to suit my purpose.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>The C# API was not
stable enough for me to use (get runtime exceptions), so I have wrapped the C
library as a DLL within PInvoke.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was a breeze,
thanks to both Spread APIs and Microsoft's cool PInvoke. This can be
standardized as a part of the toolkit too, as the maintenance
overhead should be low.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=777044311-15122003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Chetan</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DT><STRONG>ACKNOWLEDGE, <EM>v.t.</EM> </STRONG>
<DD>To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty
imposed by our love of truth. </DD>
<DT> - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary</DT></DIV>
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