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Q11591: The Purpose of WINSTUB in Windows SDK

Article: Q11591
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 05-NOV-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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SUMMARY
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WINSTUB is provided with the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) as a normal
MS-DOS program. It contains only an assembly equivalent to a printf() line. It
is assembly, so it does not have the overhead it would if it used the C runtime
library. WINSTUB can be used as a stub if no MS-DOS version of a program exists.
To have both a Windows version and an MS-DOS version of a program in one .EXE
file, replace the following line in the .DEF file

  STUB 'WINSTUB.EXE'

with the following line

  STUB 'MYDOSAPP.EXE'

and relink.

Additional query words: 3.10

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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