The import procedure name table defines the procedure name strings imported by this module through dynamic link references. These strings are referenced through the imported relocation fixups. To determine the length of the import procedure name table add the fixup section size to the fixup page table offset, this computes the offset to the end of the fixup section, then subtract the import procedure name table offset. These values are located in the linear EXE header. The import procedure name table is followed by the data pages section. Since the data pages section is aligned on a 'page size' boundary, padded space may exist between the last import name string and the first page in the data pages section. If this padded space exists it will be zero filled. The strings are CASE SENSITIVE and NOT NULL TERMINATED. Each name table entry has the following format 
          旼컴컴쩡컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�     컴컴컴�
      00h � LEN �    ASCII STRING  . . .      �
          읕컴컴좔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�     컴컴컴�

Import Procedure Name Table

LEN = DB String Length. This defines the length of the string in bytes. The length of each ascii name string is limited to 127 characters. The high bit in the LEN field (bit 7) is defined as an Overload bit. This bit signifies that additional information is contained in the linear EXE module and will be used in the future for parameter type checking.

ASCII STRING = DB ASCII String. This is a variable length string with it's length defined in bytes by the LEN field. The string is case sensitive and is not null terminated.

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