Depends Notes

When you first run Depends, it registers itself with your system as a handler for all Win32 binaries. This causes a View Dependencies item to be added to the system's context menu. You must configure which file extensions Depends should handle by opening the Options menu and adding file extensions in the Handled File Extensions Dialog box. Then, when you right-click a Win32 module file in Windows Explorer, View Dependencies is displayed as one of the options.

To open a file in Depends, use one of four methods:

• Right-click a module file in Windows Explorer and choose View Dependencies from the context menu. This requires that you configure Depends to handle certain file extensions. This can be done by choosing Handled File Extensions from Dependency Walker's View menu.
• On the main menu in Depends, click File, and then click Open.
• Drag and drop a file on top of the Dependency Walker's main window.
• Run depends at the command prompt with the name of the file to be viewed as part of the command line.

To get help on Depends while running the tool, open the table of contents using one of two methods:

• On the main menu in Depends, click Help, and then click Help Topics.
• To get help on the view that currently has focus, press F1.