libkernel32.a missing TOOLHELP API exports

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 09:59:17AM -0400, Steven Edwards wrote:
>> Process32First@8 is not present in kernel32.dll on nt4.0 sp5.
>> I believe this kind of api is very OS-specific. On nt4.0 
>> process enumeration functions are available from microsoft's 
>> psapi.dll included (among others) in Resource kit.
>
>The toolhelp apis exist on both Win98, 2k and XP. They are part of
>kernel32.dll but are developed using a separate import lib (libth32.lib
>under VS6). I didn't think that libth32.a existed in the w32api package
>before I sent the email. Now the only question is if it is still the
>same for Visual Studio.Net or did the move the th32 import information
>to kernel32? If M$ did change it then we should also.

If there is precedent for a separate library, then IMO that's what we
should do.

cgf

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