Message-Id: <199611302351.MAA26788@papaioea.manawatu.gen.nz>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <malcolm AT mail DOT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz>
From: "Malcolm Taylor" <malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz>
Organization: Grafik Software
To: Hasdi R Hashim <hasdi AT umich DOT edu>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 12:38:07 +1200
Subject: Re: Wanted DLL File format
Reply-to: malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

> On Wed, 27 Nov 1996 07:02:14 GMT, I wrote:
> > I need the specifications for DLL file format used by Windows 3.1. ...
> 
> 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/

Isn't the Win3.x executable format the NE format (ie New Executable)? 
If you are talking of modern formats (ie Win32 formats) then both the 
DLL and EXE formats are PE/COFF, not LE/LX or NE.
 
Malcolm 

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