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CLibrary.Load

Loads a C library.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
CFunction 10.3 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "CLibrary.Load"; Path )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Path The library name/path.
Can be a name and the system will look in library search path.
Or full path for some custom library.
"/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib"

Result

Returns library reference number or error.

Description

Loads a C library.
Please make sure the library is for the platform and has matching 32/64bit size.

This function requires a native path. Use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath to convert a FileMaker path to a native path if required. If you like to have the user choose the path, you can use FileDialog functions.
For Server be aware that server has limited permissions and may not be able to access all files on a computer.

Examples

Load zlib:

MBS( "CLibrary.Load"; "/usr/lib/libz.1.dylib" )

Load SQLite library manually on macOS:

Set Variable [ $library ; Value: MBS( "CLibrary.Load"; "/usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib" ) ]

See also

Blog Entries

This function checks for a license.

Created 25th April 2020, last changed 4th January 2024


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