6.4.3 Hint/Name Table

One Hint/Name Table suffices for the entire import section. Each entry in the Hint/Name Table has the following format:

Offset Size Field Description
0 4 Hint Index into the Export Name Pointer Table. A match is attempted first with this value. If it fails, a binary search is performed on the DLL's Export Name Pointer Table.
4 variable Name ASCII string containing name to import. This is the string that must be matched to the public name in the DLL. This string is case sensitive and terminated by a null byte.
* 0 or 1 Pad A trailing zero pad byte appears after the trailing null byte, if necessary, to align the next entry on an even boundary.