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+DLL Test Example
+----------------
+
+This example deals with dynamically opening objects and accessing
+methods from it.
+
+First, the pointer to the object is obtained by accessing symbol
+of the function which can get the object pointer. Then the methods
+in that library object is accessed.
+
+Here, the Magazine class is an abstract class with various magazine
+objects like Newsweek and Today deriving form it. The libraries are
+dynamically linked on demand.  Thus, they can be changed on the fly
+and accessed with its new changes.
+
+The ACE_DLL class used in this example is an helper class for 
+performing various operations on the library object.
+
+Compilation and Execution:
+-------------------------
+
+1. On POSIX/UNIX platforms:
+
+   First, build the test program, which you can do on UNIX as follows:
+
+   % make
+
+   Then run the test program:
+
+   % test_dll
+
+   to exercise the test.
+
+
+2. On NT or any Win32 platform:
+
+   Load Dll.dsw which contains Test_dll.dsp, Today.dsp and Newsweek.dsp.
+
+   Build each dsp such that you build Test_dll.dsp last.
+   This is because the test_dll.exe will be using Today.dll and Newsweek.dll. 
+
+   Execute test_dll
+
+   and watch it run!
+