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FindExeSection function

In unit exeinfo

Find a section in the binary image.

Declaration

pascal
function FindExeSection(var e: TExeFile; const secname: shortstring; 
 var secofs: LongInt; var seclen: LongInt)
: Boolean

Arguments

e

Record representing the opened executable image.

secname

Name of section that must be found.

secofs

Offset of the section in the binary image.

seclen

Length of the section in bytes.

Function result

True if the section was found, False if not.

Description

FindExeSection examines the binary that was opened with OpenExeFile (represented by e) and searches for the section named secname. If found, the section offset is returned in secofs and the section length (in bytes) is returned in seclen.

The function returns True if the section was found, False if not.

See also

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.