Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 11:00:27 -0500 (EST)
From: Hasdi R Hashim <hasdi AT umich DOT edu>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
cc: "Matthew R. Schantz" <matthew AT trader DOT com>
Subject: Re: Wanted DLL File format
In-Reply-To: <199611300501.AAA15549@tcslip.trader.com>
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:02:14 GMT, I wrote:
> I need the specifications for DLL file format used by Windows 3.1. ...

Shortly after I made this post,I found what I am looking for. 
Unfortunately, you need to buy the book:  "OS/2 Warp Toolkit for Software
Developers" by Viscuso, Prentice Hall, ISBN : 0-13-192428-1
(http://www.prenhall.com).

Why OS/2? Because Windows 3.1 was originally developed on OS/2 before it
was ported to DOS and most of the tools and technology microsoft uses are
very much the same as OS/2. OS/2 file format == Windows 3.1 file format,
just different APIs. 

For starters, LE file format (Win3.1 and OS/2 .EXE file format) is very
much the same with LX file format (.DLL) except that it has the LX
signature and has initialization and termination code inside. You can get
LE file format from http://www.wotsit.demon.co.uk/

Regards

Hasdi