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Article #1297Re: Having an EXE and DLL of the same name
From: James Seidman
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 1991 17:07
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 1991 17:07
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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_ UUCP: ames!vsi1!hsv3!jls INTERNET: hsv3.UUCP!jls@apple.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!vsi1!hsv3!jls 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 Lines: 14