GetModuleHandle

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Examples
6 Remark
7 See Also
8 Header to Include
9 Reference

Description

Gets a handle to the module specified by the enumeration user can program upto 20 values from MODULE_USER to MODULE_USER+19 for there own dlls loaded by origin

Syntax

HINSTANCE GetModuleHandle( int nModuleID = MODULE_ORIGIN )

Parameters

nModuleID: [input] int specifying one of the MODULES whose handle is requested possible values are MODULE_ORIGIN, MODULE_OK, MODULE_OD, MODULE_OU, MODULE_OIDE

Return

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to the specified module.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL.

Examples

Remark

The returned handle is not global or inheritable. It cannot be duplicated or used by another process.

If lpModuleName does not include a path and there is more than one loaded module with the same base name and extension, you cannot predict which module handle will be returned.