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From: hermit@shockeye.UUCP (Mark Buda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EXE And COM files
Message-ID: <250@shockeye.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 20:56:16 GMT
References: <596@nikhefh.hep.nl>
Reply-To: hermit@shockeye.UUCP (Mark Buda)
Organization: The Lab Rats
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In article <596@nikhefh.hep.nl> i14@nikhefh.hep.nl (Martin Los) writes:
>Could anyone help me with these problems?
>1)What is the general format of an EXE file?
>2)What is the general format of a COM file?
>3)Is it possible to add a portion of ML(machine language)code to an EXE or
> COM file??

I'm not sure if I know what I'm talking about, but a COM file doesn't have
a format. It is just an image of the program, whose entry point must be at
an offset of zero.

What I'd like to know is what is the format of a Microsoft Windows
"extended executable format" file.

>Thanks in advance,

Me too.
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