SWI-Prolog -- open_shared

Documentation
- Reference manual
  - Foreign Language Interface
    - Linking Foreign Modules
      - Low-level operations on shared libraries
        
        open_shared_object/2
        
        open_shared_object/3
        
        close_shared_object/1
        
        call_shared_object_function/2
- Packages

Availability:built-in

open_shared_object(+File, -Handle)

File is the name of a shared object file (DLL in MS-Windows). This file is attached to the current process, and Handle is unified with a handle to the library. Equivalent to open_shared_object(File, Handle, []). See also open_shared_object/3, load_foreign_library/1 and use_foreign_library/1.

On errors, an exception shared_object(Action, Message) is raised. Message is the return value from dlerror().