Dave Angel <da...@ieee.org> wrote: >> >There's no real reason parts of an exe cannot be exported, same as a >dll. They are in fact the same structure. And in fact many other files >in the Windows environment are also the same structure, from fonts to ocx's
Well, there IS a fundamental difference. EXEs and DLLs and the like do all have the same format. They all have a "transfer address", where execution begins. That's the key problem. With a DLL, the transfer address goes to a DllMain, where certain DLL initialization is done, preparing the other entry points for use. With an EXE, the transfer address goes to "main". So, when you load an EXE as a DLL, you will be RUNNING the program. That's is usually not what you want. -- Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
