FMX form in a DLL (firemonkey/delphi) - delphi

Question

Im trying to make a FMX form in a dll, after about 17 hours (of trying diffrent approches) i got it working, except i get a exception trying to unload the dll. I have no idea how to make it work, maybe someone could help me and point out what im doing wrong?
side note:
i cant have a FMX form in my VCL application becouse of the AA drawing, i just need it on my text while drawing on a canvas and while having a FMX form on a VCL application, i dont get that cleartype on text :( im trying to make a some sort of OSD/HUD.
Project showing my problem:
exe unit1.pas
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
Button2: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
uses
unitLoadDLL, Winapi.GDIPOBJ;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
showme();
end;
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
closeme();
end;
end.
exe unitLoadDll.pas
unit unitLoadDLL;
interface
uses Windows, Dialogs;
type
TShowme = procedure();
TCloseme = procedure();
var
showme : TShowme = nil;
closeme : TCloseme = nil;
DllHandle : THandle;
implementation
initialization
if DllHandle = 0 then begin
DllHandle := LoadLibrary('C:\Users\Ja\Desktop\dupa\dll\Win32\Debug\Project1.dll');
if DllHandle > 0 then begin
#showme := GetProcAddress(DllHandle,'showme');
#closeme := GetProcAddress(DllHandle,'closeme');
end
else begin
MessageDlg('Select Image functionality is not available', mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;
end;
finalization
if DLLHandle <> 0 then
FreeLibrary(DLLHandle);
end.
dll project1.dpr
library Project1;
uses
FMX.Forms,
System.SysUtils,
System.Classes,
Unit1 in 'Unit1.pas' {Form1};
{$R *.res}
procedure showme(); stdcall export;
begin
TForm1.showme;
end;
procedure closeme(); stdcall export;
begin
TForm1.closeme;
end;
exports
showme, closeme;
begin
end.
dll unit1.pas
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
System.SysUtils, System.Types, System.UITypes, System.Classes, System.Variants,
FMX.Types, FMX.Controls, FMX.Forms, FMX.Dialogs;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Label1: TLabel;
private
{ Private declarations }
public
class procedure showme();
class procedure closeme();
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.fmx}
class procedure TForm1.showme();
begin
Form1 := TForm1.Create(Application);
Form1.Show;
end;
class procedure TForm1.closeme();
begin
Form1.Free;
end;
end.
EDIT (FIX):
All answers ware helpfull, but what i've done is, that the GDI+ was shutdown BEFORE the dll unload... that appear's to be the problem.
new unitLoadDll.pas
unit unitLoadDLL;
interface
uses Windows, Dialogs;
type
TShowme = procedure();
TCloseme = procedure();
var
showme : TShowme = nil;
closeme : TCloseme = nil;
DllHandle : THandle;
function LoadLib : Boolean;
procedure UnloadLib;
implementation
function LoadLib : Boolean;
begin
if DllHandle = 0 then begin
DllHandle := LoadLibrary('C:\Users\Ja\Desktop\dupa\dll\Win32\Debug\Project1.dll');
if DllHandle > 0 then begin
#showme := GetProcAddress(DllHandle,'showme');
#closeme := GetProcAddress(DllHandle,'closeme');
end
else begin
MessageDlg('Select Image functionality is not available', mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
end;
end;
Result := DllHandle <> 0;
end;
procedure UnloadLib;
begin
if DLLHandle <> 0 then begin
FreeLibrary(DLLHandle);
DllHandle := 0;
end;
end;
initialization
LoadLib;
finalization
UnloadLib;
end.
new unit1.pas
unit Unit1;
interface
uses
Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Winapi.GDIPOBJ;
type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
Button2: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Private declarations }
public
{ Public declarations }
end;
var
Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
uses
unitLoadDLL;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
showme();
end;
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
closeme();
end;
end.
in unit1.pas i moved the Winapi.GDIPOBJ to "uses" just after interface directive, and it worked...
Thank you all for your answers! See you soon! very soon...

Answer 1

Does it help if you import sharemem on both sides?
You are not using packages, so both sides probably have an own instance all RTL state, as well as VMT tables (though that is only a problem with certain IS and AS cases). And the memory manager is RTL state :-)