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Article #17187Re: Does a DLL know its own path?
From: Nick B. Cassos
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:27
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 07:27
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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:12:33 -0600, "Early Ehlinger" <early@respower.com> wrote: >"Nick B. Cassos" <nbc@no_spam.ath.forthnet.gr> wrote: >> I think, you should start with GetModuleFileName() to obtain the path >> of your DLL's process. Armed with this info, you can follow Window's >> logic to look first in the process's directory, then the current one, >> system, windows, and anything in the PATH environment string. If there >> are 2 or more instances of your DLL in several directories then I give >> up. > >GetModuleFileName returns the fully-qualified filename, so there's no need >to search any paths. Simply pass this API the HINSTANCE that the OS passes >to you in DllMain: > The original poster asked for the path of his own DLL and not of the process where the DLL is attached. According to SDK: "If a DLL is loaded in two processes, its file name in one process may differ in case from its file name in the other process." -- Nick B. Cassos
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