Microsoft SDK for Java

The Exegen Format

The Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) can load .class files and other Java visible resource files (such as images, audio clips, and so on) from Microsoft® Win32® portable executable (PE) image files (.exe and .dll files). To be found by the VM, Java resources must be stored within the PE as Win32 resources. This section describes the data format, called the exegen format, that must be used for Java resources stored within a PE image so that those resources can be located by the VM. This is the format produced by the jexegen tool and defined in the header file jexefmt.h.

This section contains the following topics:

How the VM Finds Java Resources in Win32 Modules
Exegen Format Versions

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