Debug Help Library (Windows)

This overview describes the function set provided by the debug help library, DbgHelp. It contains a set of debugging support routines that allow you to work with executable images in the portable executable (PE) format.

The DbgHelp documentation is as follows:

To obtain the latest version of DbgHelp.dll, go to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx and download Debugging Tools for Windows.

For a description of the PE format, download the specification from the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/PECOFF.mspx.

For information on how to browse information found in .pdb files, see the Debug Interface Access SDK.

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DBGHelp Library

Christophe Pichaud ... Noelle Mallory - MSFT | Edit | Show History

DBGHelp Library is a core Windows Component. Check out windows WHDC web site as mentioned into this topic. Process Header and PE specification can seem exotic but a lot of features and still used today into so called modern technology. CLR use the PE header to make a routine call away from WinMain...