Plugin DLL question

[RobSteward]

Can the DLL used for Plugins be called by an external exe? Does PL/SQL Developer have to be running at the time? Does PL/SQL Developer need to know about the application calling the DLL?

I have an idea for using it but I just was just curious of the extent it can be used.

 

[Marco Kalter]

You cannot use the same DLL instance from 2 different external applications. A DLL can only work in the context of a single host application, in this case PL/SQL Developer.

 

[T-Gergely]

Of course, multiple DLL instances can share memory, but that's not the point here. In order to use a PSD plugin, your application have to implement (part of) the PSD plugin API, or the plugin have to provide a different interface.

Does PL/SQL Developer need to know about the application calling the DLL?

That question does not make sense to me. What's your idea?