In order for your module to be used within WinGate it needs to export a set of mandatory functions.

For GUI only modules

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int InitialiseGUI(HostAPI* pHost, HostModuleHandle hModule)

Pointer to the UI host API. This is the root interface used to interface to WinGate Management Console.

An opaque handle that references this instance of your module. Typically you can ignore this.

For Engine only modules

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int Initialise(HostAPI* pHost, HostModuleHandle hModule, LPCWSTR szRegistryPath)

Pointer to the Engine host API. This is the root interface used to interface to WinGate.

An opaque handle that references this instance of your module. Typically you can ignore this.

The registry key under HKLM where the module's package information is located. This is the same registry key that holds the manifest file path.

For all modules

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int ModuleGetAPIVersion()

ModuleGetAPIVersion should return the version of the API that your module was compiled with. WinGate will check that the version returned from ModuleGetAPIVersion is the same as its own internal version. If they differ, the module will not be loaded.

Typically the function looks like so:

extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int ModuleGetAPIVersion()
{
	return COMPONENTS_API_VERSION;
}