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From: kentfo@polari.UUCP (Kent Forschmiedt)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Passing data to a DLL; strange problem!
Message-ID: <3857@polari.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 91 18:14:42 GMT
References: <1991Apr22.173022.8930@javelin.sim.es.com>
Organization: Seattle Online Public Unix (206) 328-4944
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In article <1991Apr22.173022.8930@javelin.sim.es.com> lwallace@javelin.sim.es.com (Raptor) writes:

>I have discovered, through CodeView, that the address of ParentHandle
>in the DLL is in a different segment from that shown in DS and SS
>(which are equal):

ALARM BELL!!  DS is not equal to SS in a DLL!

>
>(for example)
>&ParentHandle = 0c15:2794
>DS = 0bea
>SS = 0bea
>
>Both modules are compiled (and linked) with the small model.

Read chapter 20 of the SDK "Guide to Programming" 3 or 4 times...
DLL source files must be compiled with -Aw to tell the compiler
that DS != SS.

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