Is it possible to have a DLL without a DLLMain function? What impact would that have, or does it render the DLL unusable?
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Is it possible to have a DLL without a DLLMain function? What impact would that have, or does it render the DLL unusable?
Sure, it is possible to have a DLL without a DLLMain. But it won’t be same as a normal DLL.
As an example, Resource DLLs do not need to have code.
In Visual Studio you can have the /NOENTRY option so the linker doesn’t complain about missing references.
From all specification point of view, the file is a complete DLL.