Microsoft KB Archive/84481

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SPY Utility Reports Application Name, Not Module Name

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Q84481

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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
When the SPY utility provided with the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) reports the module name for a running application, it reports the name of the executable file. However, the module name and the name of the application don't need to match. The module name of an application is specified in the NAME statement in the application's module definition (DEF) file.

For example, SPY indicates that the module name for Microsoft Word for Windows is WINWORD. However, calling GetModuleHandle(&quot;WINWORD&quot;) always returns zero even when Word for Windows is running.

The EXEHDR utility, which is also provided with the Windows SDK, reports the correct module name for an application. EXEHDR reports the module name for Word for Windows as MSWORD. GetModuleHandle(&quot;MSWORD&quot;) returns the module handle for Word for Windows if it is running.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.10

Keywords : kb16bitonly

Issue type :

Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310