RE: where oh where have my DLLs gone ???

[Ben Miller <Ben.Miller@Mercia.Com>]

Not the registry.

Probably just parses the DLL file.  Try opening one as a text file -
you'll find references to all the DLLs that are directly used by that
DLL (i.e. dependencies).

Ben.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joe Cohen [SMTP:wheelofgoon@bigpond.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 27, 2000 8:53 AM
> To:	gameprogrammer@gameprogrammer.com
> Subject:	where oh where have my DLLs gone ???
> 
> Question : Is  anyone able to tell me  how i can find out what
> programs are dependent on what files. 
> ie How does dependency walker (its a extra NT admin tool) work and
> get its information. (for people who dont know.... dependency walker
> takes in a file and then tells you what files that file needs to
> run, dlls etc etc)
> I   am guessing it is a registry trick or something.
>  
> If anyone can point me in the right direction i would be appreciate
> it. I am planning on coding something similar to dependency walker
> in C++.
>  
> Cheers
> JC
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