.DLL file format

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7 total messages Started by Somchai LIMSIRORATANA Tue, 07 Nov 1995 19:35

#2793

Author: Somchai LIMSIRORATANA
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 19:35

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Hello everyone,
	Does anyone know about .DLL file format?
	or where can I search about this?
	Please advice me.
Thanks,

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Re: .DLL file format

#2794

Author: Jason King
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 23:58

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>	Does anyone know about .DLL file format?
>	or where can I search about this?
>	Please advice me.
>

A dll and a windows exe are nearly identical.  So the next question is
which type 16 or 32 bit?  They are different.

Jason King

Re: .DLL file format

#2795

Author: Erich Hermann
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 09:23

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jasonk@humongous.com (Jason King) wrote:

>A dll and a windows exe are nearly identical.  So the next question is
>which type 16 or 32 bit?  They are different.

The answer is simply easy: I'm interested in both, whereas 32bit is
the more important.

Regards,

  Erich

Re: .DLL file format

#2796

Author: Paul Crowley
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 18:17

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lsomchai@ratree.psu.ac.th (Somchai LIMSIRORATANA) wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>	Does anyone know about .DLL file format?
>	or where can I search about this?
>	Please advice me.
>Thanks,

16-bit EXE and DLL files use the "NE" format which can be displayed
using EXEHDR.  32-bit EXE and DLL files use "PE" format which can be
displayed by PEDUMP.

There is a sample on MSDN called YAHU which displays both and is
probably the about the best source of this information.
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pcrowley@mcs.com (Paul Crowley)
If I had an opinion, it would be mine alone.
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Re: .DLL file format

#2797

Author: Pete Becker
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 21:07

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In article <482pdf$2i2@News1.mcs.net>, pcrowley@mcs.com says...
>
>lsomchai@ratree.psu.ac.th (Somchai LIMSIRORATANA) wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>       Does anyone know about .DLL file format?
>>       or where can I search about this?
>>       Please advice me.
>>Thanks,
>
>16-bit EXE and DLL files use the "NE" format which can be displayed
>using EXEHDR.  32-bit EXE and DLL files use "PE" format which can be
>displayed by PEDUMP.

I tried EXEHDR and PEDUMP on my system, and neither of them does anything. I do 
have something called TDUMP, though, which seems to be able to display 
information about both of those file types. Do you suppose it's possible that 
these are utilities that come with compilers? Nah, couldn't be...

Re: .DLL file format

#2798

Author: Erich Hermann
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 07:12

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pcrowley@mcs.com (Paul Crowley) wrote:

>There is a sample on MSDN called YAHU which displays both and is
>probably the about the best source of this information.

Can't find it on my MSDN Level 1 CD. What for do I have to search for?
YAHU doesn't match.

Erich

Re: .DLL file format

#2799

Author: Paul Crowley
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 1995 02:06

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erherman@si.bosch.de (Erich Hermann) wrote:

>pcrowley@mcs.com (Paul Crowley) wrote:

>>There is a sample on MSDN called YAHU which displays both and is
>>probably the about the best source of this information.

>Can't find it on my MSDN Level 1 CD. What for do I have to search for?
>YAHU doesn't match.

>Erich

From MSDN CD 12:

The YAHU sample application implements a generic and extensible .EXE
header utility with a few value-added functionalities, such as
run-time monitoring of Microsoft(R) Win32(R) applications. 
For more information on YAHU, refer to the "YAHU, or Yet Another
Header Utility" technical article in the Microsoft Development
Library.
YAHU was built with Microsoft Visual C++(TM) version 2.0, and tested
under Microsoft Windows NT(TM) version 3.5.
KEYWORDS: CD11; debug API; DLL loading; executable file format;
process list

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I get four hits on CD 12 with just YAHU entered.

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pcrowley@mcs.com (Paul Crowley)
If I had an opinion, it would be mine alone.
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