Platform SDK: Debugging and Error Handling

ImageRvaToSection

The ImageRvaToSection function locates a relative virtual address (RVA) within the image header of a file that is mapped as a file and returns a pointer to the section table entry for that virtual address.

PIMAGE_SECTION_HEADER ImageRvaToSection(
  PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS NtHeaders,  
  PVOID Base, 
  ULONG Rva 
);

Parameters

NtHeaders
[in] Pointer to an IMAGE_NT_HEADERS structure. This structure can be obtained by calling the ImageNtHeader function.
Base
[in] Specifies the base address of an image that is mapped into memory through a call to MapViewOfFile.
Rva
[in] Specifies the relative virtual address to locate.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is a pointer to an IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER structure.

If the function fails, the return value is NULL. To retrieve extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The ImageRvaToSection function locates an RVA within the image header of a file that is mapped as a file and returns a pointer to the section table entry for that virtual address.

Requirements

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 4.0 or later.
  Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later. Available as a redistributable for Windows 95.
  Header: Declared in Dbghelp.h.
  Library: Use Dbghelp.lib.

See Also

Debug Help Library Overview, DbgHelp Functions, IMAGE_NT_HEADERS, IMAGE_SECTION_HEADER, ImageNtHeader, MapViewOfFile