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Loading a Win32 PE Resource Module

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This topic describes how the application loads a Win32 PE resource module on either Windows Vista and later or on an earlier operating system. Calls are included for releasing the resource module.

Load the Resource Module on Windows Vista and Later

On Windows Vista and later, the application loads the resource module using a call to LoadLibrary or LoadLibraryEx. The recommended operation is to call this function with both flags specified. The following is an example of application code that loads a module based on system language settings.

HMODULE hResModule = LoadLibraryEx(TEXT("Mymodule.dll"), 0,
                                   LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE | LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_IMAGE_RESOURCE);
// ... insert code here to call resource loading functions ...
FreeLibrary(hResModule);

Load the Resource Module on Pre-Windows Vista Operating Systems

On pre-Windows Vista operating systems, the application loads a resource module based on a language setting that is compatible with the target operating system, as well as Windows Vista and later. For this type of module loading, the application must call the MUI functions LoadMUILibrary and FreeMUILibrary.

#include "MuiLoad.h"
HMODULE hResModule = LoadMUILibrary(TEXT("Mymodule.dll"), MUI_LANGUAGE_NAME, 0);
// ... insert code here to call resource loading functions ...
FreeMUILibrary(hResModule);

Locating Win32 PE Resources

MUI: Application-Specific Settings Sample (Windows Vista)

MUI: Application-Specific Settings Sample (Pre-Windows Vista)