Symbol Locations

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

See Also

Reference

IDiaSymbol::get_addressOffset

IDiaSymbol::get_addressSection

IDiaSymbol::get_bitPosition

IDiaSymbol::get_length

IDiaSymbol::get_locationType

IDiaSymbol::get_offset

IDiaSymbol::get_registerId

IDiaSymbol::get_relativeVirtualAddress

IDiaSymbol::get_slot

IDiaSymbol::get_token

IDiaSymbol::get_value

IDiaSymbol::get_virtualAddress

LocationType

Other Resources

Symbols and Symbol Tags