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
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00h ³ LEN ³ ASCII STRING . . . ³
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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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