Get HModule from inside a DLL

Question

I need to load some resource from my DLL (i need to load them from the DLL code), for doing that I\'m using FindResource.

To do that i need the HModule of the DLL.

Answer 1

Depending upon how your software is architected, you may not have access to DllMain or the code that wants the resource may not even know it's inside a DLL or exe!

The DLLMain function is given the DLL's module handle. Store it in a globally accessible variable.

Or, lookup the module based upon a function known to the local code:

// Determine the module handle by locating a function
// you know resides in that DLL or exe
HMODULE hModule;
GetModuleHandleExA(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS |
                   GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
                   (LPCSTR)&myDLLfuncName, &hModule);

HRSRC hRscr = FindResource(hModule, ............);