hi all, i'm currently trying to incorporate the boost.plugin library from the boost-sandbox cvs into my program. i need to compile one or more plugins into one shared library and i need a possibility to call a certain function in the library to tell me the names of the contained plugins and give me some more information about the plugin. is there a possibility to run an arbitrary function inside the library, using the dll or plugin_factory? the only workaround i was thinking about is using a dummy plugin class, that's providing virtual functions returning information about the library ... any other hints? or is there any way to get the names of the contained plugins of a certain base class? thanks in advance ... tim -- TimBlechmann@gmx.de ICQ: 96771783 http://www.mokabar.tk Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creative observation.' Creative viewing. William S. Burroughs