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GetProcessModules – The list of DLLs and OCXes a process uses

GetProcessModules – The list of DLLs and OCXes a process uses

Const MAX_MODULE_NAmeInfo = 255Const MAX_PATH = 260Const TH32CS_SNAPMODULE = &H8Private Type MODULEENTRY32    dwSize As Long    th32ModuleID As Long    th32ProcessID As Long    GlblcntUsage As Long    ProccntUsage As Long    modBaseAddr As Long    modBaseSize As Long    hModule As Long    szModule As String * 256    szExePath As String * MAX_PATHEnd TypePrivate Declare Function CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (ByVal _    dest As Any, ByVal source As Any, ByVal bytes As Long) As LongPrivate Declare Function CreateToolhelpSnapshot Lib "kernel32" Alias _    "CreateToolhelp32Snapshot" (ByVal lFlags As Long, ByVal lProcessID As Long) _    As LongPrivate Declare Function Module32First Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _    lpmeInfo As MODULEENTRY32) As LongPrivate Declare Function Module32Next Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hSnapshot As Long, _    lpmeInfo As MODULEENTRY32) As LongPrivate Declare Sub CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hPass As Long)Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long' Return the list of DLLs and OCXes that a process uses' if argument if omitted, the current process is used'' names are stored starting at element 1 in the result array' thus UBound(result) gives the number of modules' in general, the first element is the name of the EXE file.' NOTES: works only on Win 9x and 2000 (not on NT)Function GetProcessModules(Optional ByVal processID As Long = -1) As String()    Dim meInfo As MODULEENTRY32    Dim success As Long    Dim hSnapshot As Long    ReDim res(0) As String    Dim count As Long        ' provide a default argument, if missing    If processID = -1 Then processID = GetCurrentProcessId        ' get information about the given process    hSnapshot = CreateToolhelpSnapshot(TH32CS_SNAPMODULE, processID)    ' exit now if process ID is invalid    If hSnapshot = 0 Then GoTo ExitProc        ' prepare the structure for receiving info    meInfo.dwSize = Len(meInfo)        ' get info on the first module    success = Module32First(hSnapshot, meInfo)    Do While success        ' consider only modules belonging to the specified process        If meInfo.th32ProcessID = processID Then            count = count + 1            ' make room in the array, if needed            If count > UBound(res) Then                ReDim Preserve res(count + 100) As String            End If            ' store the result            res(count) = Left$(meInfo.szExePath, InStr(meInfo.szExePath & _                vbNullChar, vbNullChar) - 1)        End If        ' continue the search        success = Module32Next(hSnapshot, meInfo)    Loop        ' close the snapshot    CloseHandle hSnapshot    ExitProc:    ' trim out elements in excess    ReDim Preserve res(0 To count) As String        GetProcessModules = resEnd Function

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