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From: dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: *.EXE DLL vs. *.DLL DLL -- what's the difference?
Keywords: DLL
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.164453.15633@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 18 Jun 91 16:44:53 GMT
Sender: dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims)
Organization: College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati
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Most everyone knows that the Windows API functions are located in
the DLL's USER.EXE, GDI.EXE, and KERNEL.EXE.  What's the difference
between a DLL that has the extension .EXE and a DLL with the .DLL
extension?

Can I create my own USER.EXE DLL?  (I might want to do this in
order to count the number of times CreateWindow is called on
a system-wide basis.)

Is the USER.EXE just a USER.DLL that has been renamed, or is
there more to it?

By the way, Microsoft does not provide free SDK support.  You
have to buy it (perhaps it's also available on CompuServe?).  I'm
also currently using BC++.

Thanks in advance for any and all replies!
-- 
David Sims, dsims@uceng.uc.edu