[Tutorial]Windows *.dll only Live Reload

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maybe someone find it useful - ido

step-by-stepinstructions

1. Create a working folder.
2. Findthe vcvars32.bat (for 32bit) or vcvars64.bat and copy+paste it into your working folder.
3. Create three Windows Batch files with the content listed below.
4. Download to your working folder. cr.h | basic_guest.c | basic_host.cpp
5. Edit the source of basic_guest.c and basic_host.cpp to: #include "cr.h"
6. Open up windows terminal (cmd.exe) and navigate to you working directory. for example: CD /D C:\Documents\myWorkingFolder
7. Execute vcvarsXX.bat in your cmd.
8. Build the remaining *.bat files.

• If changes were made to the guest.c source Save the fileand Rebuild the source from cmd.

build_basic_guest.bat

cl /c basic_guest.c
link basic_guest.obj /DLL

build_basic_host.bat

cl /DCR_DEPLOY_PATH=\"./\" /EHsc basic_host.cpp

cleanup.bat

DEL *.dll *.obj *.lib *.exp *.exe

Further consideration: currently the naming convention of the *.dll files increments with every build. Fortunately its easy to change this behaivor and use only two states of guest *.dll (old and new, a and b or 0 and 1 ) and switch between the edited content with every new build.