[Shrinker] Another landmine

[David Welch]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 03:28:22PM -0500, Robert Baruch wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> > "Windows NT/2000 Native API Reference" by Gary Nebbett
> > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578701996/
> > according to my friend who wrote one of the competitors
> > to Shrinker.
> 
> I don't know... I looked at its index on amazon.com, and it had no
> reference to LdrAccessResource. So I suspect this book gives no
> information about the undocumented aspects of Windows, and probably
> regurgitates (like so many other API books) the online documentation.
>
Nebbett's book is very good and almost unique as a reference on the 
specific area it covers (the API provided to user-mode by the NT kernel) 
but its focus is also very narrow and since LdrAccessResource is 
implemented purely by ntdll.dll I wouldn't have expected it to be covered. 
 
> There's also a book called "Undocumented Windows NT". That would probably
> be the best hope of understanding LdrAccessResource, but without being
> able to flip through it, I don't know if they cover it.
>
I own this book and it doesn't have any information on it. There is 
however an implementation in ReactOS: 
http://mok.lvcm.com/cgi-bin/reactos/ros-cvs/reactos/lib/ntdll/ldr/utils.c