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Int 21 Fn 4B - DOS 2+ - "exec" - Load And/or Execute Program (Cont.)
BYTE one-based module number in Import Module table
BYTE/WORD ordinal number
WORD/DWORD value to add (only present if modifier bit 4 set)
---external,name---
BYTE one-based module number in Import Module table
WORD offset in Import Procedure names
WORD/DWORD value to add (only present if modifier bit 4 set)
---if multiple type---
02h BYTE number of items
03h var relocation info as for "single" type (see above)
N WORDs offsets of items to relocate
Format of old Phar Lap .EXP file header:
Offset Size Description
00h 2 BYTEs "MP" (4Dh 50h) signature
02h WORD remainder of image size / page size (page size = 512h)
04h WORD size of image in pages
06h WORD number of relocation items
08h WORD header size in paragraphs
0Ah WORD minimum number of extra 4K pages to be allocated at the end
of program, when it is loaded
0Ch WORD maximum number of extra 4K pages to be allocated at the end
of program, when it is loaded
0Eh DWORD initial ESP
12h WORD word checksum of file
14h DWORD initial EIP
18h WORD offset of first relocation item
1Ah WORD overlay number
1Ch WORD ??? (wants to be 1)
Format of new Phar Lap .EXP file header:
Offset Size Description
00h 2 BYTEs signature ("P2" for 286 .EXP executable, "P3" for 386 .EXP)
02h WORD level (01h flat-model file, 02h multisegmented file)
04h WORD header size
06h DWORD file size in bytes
0Ah WORD checksum
0Ch DWORD offset of run-time parameters within file
10h DWORD size of run-time parameters in bytes
14h DWORD offset of relocation table within file
18h DWORD size of relocation table in bytes
1Ch DWORD offset of segment information table within file
20h DWORD size of segment information table in bytes
24h WORD size of segment information table entry in bytes
26h DWORD offset of load image within file
2Ah DWORD size of load image on disk
2Eh DWORD offset of symbol table within file
32h DWORD size of symbol table in bytes
36h DWORD offset of GDT within load image
3Ah DWORD size of GDT in bytes
3Eh DWORD offset of LDT within load image
42h DWORD size of LDT in bytes
46h DWORD offset of IDT within load image
4Ah DWORD size of IDT in bytes
4Eh DWORD offset of TSS within load image
52h DWORD size of TSS in bytes
56h DWORD minimum number of extra bytes to be allocated at end of program
(level 1 executables only)
5Ah DWORD maximum number of extra bytes to be allocated at end of program
(level 1 executables only)
5Eh DWORD base load offset (level 1 executables only)
62h DWORD initial ESP
66h WORD initial SS
68h DWORD initial EIP
6Ch WORD initial CS
6Eh WORD initial LDT
70h WORD initial TSS
72h WORD flags
bit 0: load image is packed
bit 1: 32-bit checksum is present
bits 4-2: type of relocation table
74h DWORD memory requirements for load image
78h DWORD 32-bit checksum (optional)
7Ch DWORD size of stack segment in bytes
80h 256 BYTEs reserved (0)
Format of Phar Lap segment information table entry:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD selector number
02h WORD flags
04h DWORD base offset of selector
08h DWORD minimum number of extra bytes to be allocated to the segment
Format of 386|DOS-Extender run-time parameters:
Offset Size Description
00h 2 BYTEs signature "DX" (44h 58h)
02h WORD minimum number of real-mode params to leave free at run time
04h WORD maximum number of real-mode params to leave free at run time
06h WORD minimum interrupt buffer size in KB
08h WORD maximum interrupt buffer size in KB
0Ah WORD number of interrupt stacks
0Ch WORD size in KB of each interrupt stack
0Eh DWORD offset of byte past end of real-mode code and data
12h WORD size in KB of call buffers
14h WORD flags
bit 0: file is virtual memory manager
bit 1: file is a debugger
16h WORD unprivileged flag (if nonzero, executes at ring 1, 2, or 3)
18h 104 BYTEs reserved (0)
Format of Phar Lap repeat block header:
Offset Size Description
00h WORD byte count
02h BYTE repeat string length
Format of Borland debugging information header (following load image):
Offset Size Description
00h WORD signature 52FBh
02h WORD version ID
04h DWORD size of name pool in bytes
08h WORD number of names in namem pool
0Ah WORD number of type entries
0Ch WORD number of structure members
0Eh WORD number of symbols
10h WORD number of global symbols
12h WORD number of modules
14h WORD number of locals (optional)
16h WORD number of scopes in table
18h WORD number of line-number entries
1Ah WORD number of include files
1Ch WORD number of segment records
1Eh WORD number of segment/file correlations
20h DWORD size of load image after removing uninitialized data and debug
info
24h DWORD debugger hook; pointer into debugged program whose meaning
depends on program flags
28h BYTE program flags
bit 0: case-sensitive link
bit 1: pascal overlay program
29h WORD no longer used
2Bh WORD size of data pool in bytes
2Dh BYTE padding
2Eh WORD size of following header extension (currently 00h, 10h, or 20h)
30h WORD number of classes
32h WORD number of parents
34h WORD number of global classes (currently unused)
36h WORD number of overloads (currently unused)
38h WORD number of scope classes
3Ah WORD number of module classes
3Ch WORD number of coverage offsets
3Eh DWORD offset relative to symbol base of name pool
42h WORD number of browser information records
44h WORD number of optimized symbol records
46h WORD debugging flags
48h 8 BYTEs padding
Note: additional information on the Borland debugging info may be found in
Borland's Open Architecture Handbook
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