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Format

Microsoft Program Database

Summary

Name
Microsoft Program Database
Version
2.00
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1078
Format type
Database
Description
A Program Database File stores debugging information about a compiled executable, usually created at compile-time. It stores a list of all symbols in a module with their addresses and possibly the name of the file and the line on which the symbol was declared.
File extensions
pdb
Submitted by
National Library of Scotland / National Library of Scotland
Developed by
Microsoft Corporation
Supported by
Microsoft Corporation

Internal signatures

Microsoft PDB 2.00

Description
BOF: 'Microsoft C/C++ program database 2.00'
Provenance
See https://github.com/moyix/pdbparse/blob/master/pdbparse/__init__.py

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D6963726F736F667420432F432B2B2070726F6772616D20646174616261736520322E3030
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V91

    Release date
    25 July 2017
    • Added format

      Microsoft Program Database 2.00: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of Scotland.

    • Added signature

      Microsoft Program Database 2.00: Signature submitted by National Library of Scotland.