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Problem with hot-reloading code(dll)

Roman
#22655
Hi everyone! I try do hot-reloading as casey in early episodes but I got problem. I do unload and load dll when my project compiled but it doesn't work. If I add in main loop Sleep(~250) then it will be work. Also for me, my load and unload functions works fine but when I do changes in dll code nothing changes. If I will unload and load every frame it also will be work fine. Thanks for any help! 
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internal void unloadGameCode(win32_game_code gameCode)
{
    if(gameCode.loadGameCodeDLL)
    {
        FreeLibrary(
                    gameCode.loadGameCodeDLL
                    );
    }
    gameCode.loadGameCodeDLL = 0;
    gameCode.isValid = false;
    gameCode.updateAndRender = game_update_and_render_stub;
}


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internal win32_game_code loadGameCode(char *dllFileName)
{
    win32_game_code result = {};
    
    
    result.lastWriteTime = getLastWriteTime(dllFileName);
    s32 num = CopyFile(dllFileName,
                       "handmadeTemp.dll",
                       FALSE
                       );
    
    result.loadGameCodeDLL = LoadLibraryA("handmadeTemp.dll");
    
    if(result.loadGameCodeDLL)
    {
        result.updateAndRender = (game_update_and_render*)GetProcAddress(result.loadGameCodeDLL, "gameUpdateAndRender");
        
        if(result.updateAndRender)
        {
            result.isValid = true;
        }
    }
    
    if(!result.isValid)
    {
        result.updateAndRender = game_update_and_render_stub;
        result.loadGameCodeDLL = LoadLibraryA("handmade.dll"); 
    }
    
    return result;
}



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while(appIsRunning)
{
FILETIME DLLnewWriteTime = getLastWriteTime(sourceDLLname);
        
        if(CompareFileTime(&DLLnewWriteTime, &game.lastWriteTime) != 0 )
        {
            unloadGameCode(game);
            game = loadGameCode(sourceDLLname);
        }
}

This if statement works fine when I debug. Really thanks for any help!
Edited by Roman on Reason: Initial post
Rafael Abreu
#22656
I don't know if this is your problem but have you seen the episode where Casey does a .lock file to fix problems with the hotloading?

If I'm not mistaken it's somewhere in the middle to end of day 39. You can see the discussion about it:
https://hero.handmade.network/for..._autoload_when_hotloading_the_dll
Edited by Rafael Abreu on
Roman
#22657
Exactly! It helped! Very interesting. Thanks very much for help.
But I still do not fully understand what caused the problem. As I understand it is because I do random name for pdb file? So I will watch how casey explain this
Edited by Roman on
Roman
#22659
I understood. It is happens because compiler first writes exe
Rafael Abreu
#22660
I'm glad it helped. As for what the problem was I don't remember honestly, better to watch Casey and/or wait for someone else to come here explain. Best of luck!
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