C# Get/Read DLL Imports Used

Question

1. Hey, my question is simple but I can't find a way to do this.

What I try to do is: I try to get all the DLL Imports and the functions used from an EXE or DLL.

So let's say I make a program with the: SendMessage (DLL Import) Then the code would manage to read that.

And return like:

DLL: user32.dll

Function: SendMessage

I have tried using the: Assembly. But no luck getting correct data from it.

(I did look at: How to programatically read native DLL imports in C#? But didn't get it to work there either, I got 1 import, but nothing more)

Answer 1

The DUMPBIN program examines the DLL PE Header and lets you determine this info.

I don't know of any C# wrapper but these articles should show you how to examine the header and dump out the exports yourself

• An In-Depth Look into the Win32 Portable Executable File Format
• Peering Inside the PE: A Tour of the Win32 Portable Executable File Format

As a lateral thought - why not wrap dumpbin.exe /exports with a .net System.Process call and parse the results?