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path to dll containing a function
std::string get_module_path(void* address)
{
char path[FILENAME_MAX];
HMODULE hm = NULL;
if (!GetModuleHandleExA(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS |
GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_UNCHANGED_REFCOUNT,
(LPCSTR)address,
&hm))
{
std::ostringstream oss;
oss << "GetModuleHandle returned " << GetLastError();
throw std::runtime_error(oss.str());
}
GetModuleFileNameA(hm, path, sizeof(path));
std::string p = path;
return p;
}
namespace {
void foo()
{}
}
std::string path_to_my_dll()
{
get_module_path(foo);
}
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pwm1234 commented May 31, 2015

the function `path_to_my_dll' returns the absolute path to the dll containing it. I use this to load a companion .properties file

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