Re: Having an EXE and DLL of the same name

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From: Ed Schwalenberg
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 1991 15:18

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In article <15097@uudell.dell.com> jporter@twaddle.dell.com (Jeff Porter) writes:
  In article <7134@hsv3.UUCP>, jls@hsv3.UUCP (James Seidman) writes:
  |> 
  |> I'm probably missing something really obvious here.  I have a program
  |> which requires a DLL to go along with it.   I'd like to have them named
  |> the same (e.g. XYZPROG.EXE and XYZPROG.DLL).

  Windows only allows either a DLL or EXE with a given name.  It's a
  documented feature in the SDK manuals.

Oh, twaddle.  (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
Look at PBRUSH.EXE/PBRUSH.DLL in your Windows directory with EXEHDR.
The secret is that the module name of PBRUSH.EXE is actually PBRUSHX.
Develop XYZPROG.DLL and XYZPROGX.EXE, then rename the latter to XYZPROG.EXE
before execution and you're all set.

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From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Having an EXE and DLL of the same name
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Date: 13 Feb 91 15:18:14 GMT
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