A Lightning Fast DLL for Word Game Writers, Complete With the Dictionary Files

// The following ifdef block is the standard way of creating macros which make exporting 
// from a DLL simpler. All files within this DLL are compiled with the WORDLDR_EXPORTS
// symbol defined on the command line. this symbol should not be defined on any project
// that uses this DLL. This way any other project whose source files include this file see 
// WORDLDR_API functions as being imported from a DLL, whereas this DLL sees symbols
// defined with this macro as being exported.
#ifdef WORDLDR_EXPORTS
#define WORDLDR_API extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define WORDLDR_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

//Includes...
#include <direct.h>
#include <io.h>
#include "Word.h"

//Exported set of functions...
WORDLDR_API int wldrLoad( void );
WORDLDR_API bool wldrGetLoadingStatus( void );
WORDLDR_API int wldrGetWildCardMatches( char *, HGLOBAL * );
WORDLDR_API bool wldrExists( char * );
WORDLDR_API void wldrDumpDics( char * );

//Non-exported helper functions...
DWORD WINAPI thrdLoadBeta( LPVOID );
int LoadWords( void );
int LoadDicPaths( void );
void CollapseConsequtiveStars( char * );
int FindFrequency( char *, char );

//User defined data types...
struct strBeta { char szBetaPath[MAX_PATH]; };

//Global variables...
strBeta szBeta[MAX_LENGTH];
bool bLoading;
vector< CWordList* > vBeta;