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From: jeff@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Jeff Smartt)
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Subject: Re: *.EXE DLL vs. *.DLL DLL -- what's the difference?
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Date: 18 Jun 91 23:26:23 GMT
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In article <1991Jun18.164453.15633@uceng.UC.EDU> dsims@uceng.UC.EDU (david l sims) writes:
>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



G'day,

in Windows 2, DLLs and EXEs both had the extension .EXE.  I'm not sure,
but I would suspect that the DLLs you mention have .EXE extensions, as that
is the extension that a Windows 2 app would look for - and MS claim that
a Windows 2 app can run under Windows 3 - which is usually true.

Regards,
Jeff.
-- 
Jeffrey Smartt, Smartt Designs Pty. Ltd.
G.P.O. Box 619, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2001.
Ph: +61-2-411-1910.
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