FT>> a) what about os/2 ? is a DLL originally compiled for
FT>> windows usable with an os/2 EXE ?

MB> Not usually.  While an NE-format file can be used under OS/2, it has
MB> to be flagged as an OS/2 DLL rather than a Windows DLL.  The internal
MB> format of the DLL is the same, but the linkage conventions may be
MB> different and the API calls made from the DLL almost certainly are
MB> different.  It is probably possible in theory to construct a DLL in
MB> NE-format that can be used as a binary image under either OS/2 or
MB> Windows, but this would be something of a programming exercise on the
MB> order of a magic trick.

How about resource-only DLL's? Would it be possible for OS/2 program to
load an icon or bitmap from a Windows-DLL?

        // Albert                      email: jla{at}to.icl.fi

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