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LOADDLL
Post by RNBW on May 16th, 2015, 3:43pm

Jon Ripley produced a library called loadDLL, which is identified in BB4W Third Party Libraries. I have tried over a period to access Jon Ripley's site, to no avail. Do you know if loadDLL is still available or if Jon ripley is contactable. He provided a lot of input some time ago and it would be a pity if this was all now lost to BB4W users.
Re: LOADDLL
Post by rtr2 on May 16th, 2015, 4:13pm

on May 16th, 2015, 3:43pm, RNBW wrote:
it would be a pity if this was all now lost to BB4W users.

Sadly, unless somebody knows otherwise, I believe it is lost. Jon hosted his own web site, I believe, so when he 'disappeared' so did the site and all the files.

In the specific case of LoadDLL I don't suppose it contained anything irreplaceable, but things like the BB4W plugin for ApiViewer genuinely are.

We should at least be grateful that one of Jon's greatest contributions, the BB4W syntax-colouring for Wikispaces, continues to function. That's one reason why I was prepared to pay to keep the Wiki going.

Richard.
Re: LOADDLL
Post by Edja on May 17th, 2015, 07:49am

Quote:
Sadly, unless somebody knows otherwise, I believe it is lost
I've searched my HD for a trace of LoadDLL. And, oh surprise, I stumbled onto both the .bbc file and the .txt file with some explanation from John Ripley.

In the file John added a comment :
Quote:
REM This code may be used and modified freely
Doesn't this allow me to send you the files for further distribution without infringing any copyright ?
The files are LoadDLL.bbc and LoadDLL.txt

Your thoughts ?

Eddy
Re: LOADDLL
Post by rtr2 on May 17th, 2015, 11:52am

on May 17th, 2015, 07:49am, Edja wrote:
Doesn't this allow me to send you the files for further distribution without infringing any copyright ?

I'm no lawyer, but I suspect it doesn't unless Jon included "may be distributed" as well as "may be used and modified".

Jon was always reluctant to upload any of his libraries etc. to repositories such as the Yahoo group's Files area; he always made them available only from his own site. I would take that as an indication, in the absence of contrary evidence, that he didn't want them to be distributed.

I have been rather wary since getting into trouble for distributing the Windows Constants utility with BB4W, despite having written permission from the author to do so! He subsequently rescinded that permission and threatened me with legal action if I continued to supply it, so I was forced to write my own version from scratch. sad

What do the functions in the LoadDLL library do? I am guessing that they are straightforward enough that somebody else (not me) could easily create equivalents themselves.

Richard.