Q11352: SAMPLE: IconLib.exe-Using DLLs to Share Menus and Resources

Article: Q11352
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbsample
Last Modified: 06-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1 
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IconLib.exe is a sample that demonstrates how to create a dynamic-link library
(DLL) of shared resources for use in multiple applications.

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Center:

IconLib.exe

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the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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Resources may be loaded from Windows DLLs as well as from Windows applications.
The module handle returned by the GetModuleHandle() function may be used as an
"instance handle" for finding, loading, and locking resources.

The technique illustrated in this example is the use of a DLL as the repository
of all shared icons, menus, dialog boxes, and so on.

Some resources are machine dependent and must be transformed before being passed
to an application. Normally, an application gets a default procedure during task
startup, which transforms any machine-dependent resources. Libraries are not
tasks and thus do not get a default procedure. The application must install a
transformation procedure for a library if it wants to access machine-dependent
resources in the DLL.

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Keywords          : kbfile kbsample 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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