Is getting the address from a Symbol the same as getting the address for the variable?

Yum, Mitchell 21 Reputation points
2020-10-20T18:49:36.02+00:00

Hello,

I was wondering if IDiaSymbol::get_virtualAddress() returns the virtual address of the symbol or the variable (or is it the same)?

The end goal is to get the address of a static variable, so that when I cast it to a void pointer, I can memcpy a new value into it.
I have been running into issues with "access violation reading location" when trying to memcpy using the address obtained from get_virtualAddress().
Am I approaching this incorrectly?

Thank you,
Mitchell

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/debug-interface-access/symbols-and-symbol-tags?view=vs-2015

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  1. RLWA32 40,771 Reputation points
    2020-10-20T21:01:03.653+00:00

    If I read the documentation correctly you need to call IDiaSession::put_loadAddress in order to obtain meaningful information from IDiaSymbol::get_virtualAddress. Did you do this?

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