GetDllFileName - Does this exist?

[Mike Trader]

In an EXE if you want to knoe its filename you would use:

GetModuleFileName(BYVAL 0&, TmpAsciiz, SIZEOF(TmpAsciiz))

WinAPI says:
The GetModuleFileName function retrieves the full path and filename for the executable file containing the specified module.

Is there an equivelent for a Dll?

Petzold doesnt seem to have anything listed and the WinAPI library might do but im guessing what it would be called.

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Kind Regards
Mike

[Fred Oxenby]

From MSDN
DWORD GetModuleFileName(
  HMODULE hModule,    // handle to module
  LPTSTR lpFilename,  // file name of module
  DWORD nSize         // size of buffer
);
Parameters
hModule 
[in] Handle to the module whose file name is being requested. 
     If this parameter is NULL, GetModuleFileName returns the path for 
     the file containing the current process. 
lpFilename 
[out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the path and file name 
      of the specified module. 
nSize 
[in] Specifies the length, in TCHARs, of the lpFilename buffer. 
     If the length of the path and file name exceeds this limit, 
     the string is truncated.

Use the DLL-Instancehandle to get the name of the DLL


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[This message has been edited by Fred Oxenby (edited May 04, 2001).]

[Mike Trader]

Thx Fred,

I understood:
... the full path and filename for the executable file ...
to mean this function only worked for a .exe file.

Thx again

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Kind Regards
Mike

[Peter Lameijn]

Function ReturnPath () Export As String  
  Dim lZStr As Asciiz * %MAX_PATH  
  GetModuleFileName GetModuleHandle("mydll.dll"), lZStr,SizeOf (lZStr)  
  Function = lZStr
End Function

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[This message has been edited by Peter Lameijn (edited May 04, 2001).]

[Eric Pearson]

Mike --

Actually, in this context a DLL is considered to be an "executable" file. That doesn't imply that they can be executed directly, but DLLs do contain executable code.

-- Eric

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[This message has been edited by Eric Pearson (edited May 04, 2001).]