Chapter 16 Creating Module-Definition Files

This chapter describes the contents of a module-definition (.DEF) file. It begins with a brief overview of the purpose of .DEF files. The rest of the chapter discusses each statement in a module-definition file and describes syntax rules, argument fields, attributes, and keywords for each statement.

The statements in this chapter are supported by the following utilities:

Microsoft Segmented Executable Linker (LINK) version 5.30

Microsoft Import Library Manager (IMPLIB) version 1.30

Microsoft EXE File Header Utility (EXEHDR) version 2.02