2009/2/5 Jeremiah Flerchinger <jeremiah.flerchin...@gmail.com>: > On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 18:58 +0100, Rolf Kalbermatter wrote: >> "Jeremiah Flerchinger" <jeremiah.flerchin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > The shell32.dll DDE callback isn't always initialized & handling >> > Progman calls for all apps. I've seen Progman calls pass >> > through the DDE_client and DDE_server of user32.dll instead >> > and never go through shell32.dll. >> >> That would IMHO only be possible if the shell executable, which normally is >> just explorer >> creating the actual desktop view had been replaced by a different executable >> that does >> not initialize the shell DDE interface properly. >> >> Rolf Kalbermatter >> > DdeConnect, DDeInitialize, and DDeDisconnect can be called directly by > including Windows.h and importing the calls from user32 > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648745(VS.85).aspx). DDE > calls can then be made with SendMessage or PostMessage. > > I found a couple apps that appear to do this. Wine does not > automatically start explorer.exe or initialize the shell DDE interface, > nor does it route the DdeConnect routine in user32.dll to the DdeConnect > routine in the shell32.dll. The DDE interface in shell32 and user32 will > need to call the same set of routines from either method for full > functionality of DDE calls, including those to Progman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_(computing)#Dynamic_linking -- Rob Shearman
