Call multiple functions from same dll with call library function

hi,
i am working on a project in wich we need to make a UI to read out a sensor network.
the UI should be usable in any project, but every node needs a different piece of code depending on the type of sensor with wich it is equipt.
so i need to be able to call different pieces of code when i need them, and still be able to use the UI in future projects with possibly new types of node we now don't have.
so someone told me to use DLL's, cause then i would be able to call the code i need the moment i need it.
but i have never worked with DLL's (just learned about this option 3 day's ago) so i have a question.
i know i can dynamicly change the DLL i call with the call library function, but can i dynamicly change the function i call from that DLL ?
or do i have to put a new call library function for each function i want to call, even if its from the same DLL ?
kind regards,
stijn

nazarim wrote:
ok so there is no (easy and ubderstandable) way for me to dynamicly change wich function i want to call from a certain DLL.
but now i started wondering, the path on the call library function is not ment to dynamicly change a DLL
but it does work so, if i am carefull, can i use it for that purpose or will labview give me a series of problems once i start using it in larger programs ?
Thepath on the Call Library Node can be used to load a different DLL. Obviously since you can't change the function name your other DLL would have to export exactly the same function name and of course with the same parameters. This is seldom the case so it is not the main use of the path input to the Call Library Node. It's main use is as indicated to load DLLs at runtime rather than at load time of a VI. So that an application can run even when the DLL is missing, until the moment the functionality from that DLL is needed.
If you can make sure that all your DLLs export the same function name with the same parameter you can use the Call Library Node to call into different DLLs through the path input. If however you would need to call different function names you would have to resolve to some DLL which does do the dispatching and invocation using LoadLibrary() and GetProcAddress(). But unless you need to go with DLLs for some reason using the Call By Reference Node can give you an even more flexible approach.
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CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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