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From: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Having an EXE and DLL of the same name
Message-ID: <7163@hsv3.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 91 17:07:02 GMT
References: <7134@hsv3.UUCP> <15097@uudell.dell.com>
Reply-To: jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman)
Organization: Video Seven / Headland Technology
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In article <15097@uudell.dell.com> jporter@twaddle.dell.com (Jeff Porter) writes:
>Windows only allows either a DLL or EXE with a given name.  It's a
>documented feature in the SDK manuals.

Yes, but I've actually seen programs distributed which had a DLL and an
EXE with the same name.  Perhaps they got away with it by importing all
the functions explicitly at runtime.  Maybe I'll see if I can track one
down and run EXEHDR on it.

-- 
Jim Seidman (Drax), the accidental engineer.
"It doesn't have to work... they'll be paralyzed just from laughing at me."
							- Dr. Who, _Shada_
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