Symbol Locations
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
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Most symbols have a defined location within the image file. A symbol's location is specified with a value from the LocationType Enumeration 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
- 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 Enumeration
- Symbols and Symbol Tags