Symbol Locations

2013-03-11

Most symbols have a defined ___location within the image file. A symbol's ___location is specified with a value from the LocationType enumeration. The symbol may support additional properties depending on its ___location.

The following table shows the most commonly used ___location types and their additional properties.

Location type	Additional properties
LocIsNull	none
LocIsStatic	IDiaSymbol::get_addressOffset IDiaSymbol::get_addressSection IDiaSymbol::get_relativeVirtualAddress (if relative virtual addresses are enabled) IDiaSymbol::get_virtualAddress (if the image base has been set to nonzero)
LocIsTLS	IDiaSymbol::get_addressSection IDiaSymbol::get_addressOffset
LocIsRegRel	IDiaSymbol::get_registerId IDiaSymbol::get_offset
LocIsThisRel	IDiaSymbol::get_offset
LocIsEnregistered	IDiaSymbol::get_registerId
LocIsBitField	IDiaSymbol::get_bitPosition IDiaSymbol::get_length IDiaSymbol::get_offset
LocIsSlot	IDiaSymbol::get_slot
LocIsIlRel	IDiaSymbol::get_offset
LocInMetaData	IDiaSymbol::get_token
LocIsConstant	IDiaSymbol::get_value

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