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Function name : GetModuleFileNameEx

Group: Performance Monitoring - Library: psapi

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The GetModuleFileNameEx function retrieves the fully qualified path for the specified module.

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Code examples:

Enumerating Processes -- WinNT

Declaration:

DWORD GetModuleFileNameEx(
  HANDLE hProcess,    // handle to process
  HMODULE hModule,    // handle to module
  LPTSTR lpFilename,  // path buffer
  DWORD nSize         // maximum characters to retrieve
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetModuleFileNameEx IN psapi;
	INTEGER hProcess,;
	INTEGER hModule,;
	STRING ModuleName,;
	INTEGER nSize  

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Parameters:

hProcess [in] Handle to the process that contains the module.

hModule [in] Handle to the module.

lpFilename [out] Pointer to the buffer that receives the fully qualified path to the module.

nSize [in] Specifies the maximum number of characters to copy to the lpFilename buffer.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value specifies the length of the string copied to the buffer. If the function fails, the return value is zero.

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Comments:

Windows NT/2000/XP: Included in Windows NT 4.0 and later.
Windows 95/98/Me: Unsupported.

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