OPENSSL_APPLINK(3ossl)

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Okay so welcome to the OPENSSL_Applink page ✨ it's short, it's iconic, it's the glue that holds a very specific thing together, and honestly? We're gonna get through it together, iykyk 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

OPENSSL_Applink — literally the glue between the OpenSSL BIO layer and the Win32 compiler run-time 🧚 no cap, that's the whole job.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

__declspec(dllexport) void **OPENSSL_Applink();

That's it. One function. One vibe. Copy it exactly, please and thank you 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so listen — OPENSSL_Applink is an application-side interface that provides a glue between the OpenSSL BIO layer and the Win32 compiler run-time environment 👑 The way it works is that even though it appears at the application side, it's essentially an OpenSSL private interface. So it's giving "you can see me but you can't claim me" energy 💅

For this reason, application developers are not expected to implement it — and that's the key part, bestie, do not go writing your own 🙈 Instead, the move is to compile the provided module with a compiler of your choice and link it into the target application ⭐

The referred module is available as applink.c, located alongside the public header files — and, extremely important detail, only on the platforms where applicable 🌈 (so if you're on a platform where this doesn't apply, this whole page is just lore for you 🫶).

💀 RETURN VALUES 💀

Not available. That's it. That's the whole section. No return values to report, no drama, nothing to see here 😭

Copyright 2004-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 📝

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

aaaand that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 shoutout to OpenSSL 3.5.6 and the date 2026-04-07 for stamping this one into existence — happy linking, stay hydrated, and remember: don't implement OPENSSL_Applink yourself, just compile applink.c and let it slay 💜✨

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