The data stored in a PE File using the .data directive can be accessed through a static variable, either global or a member of a type, declared at a particular position of the data:
| FieldDecl ::= |
|---|
FieldAttr* Type Id at DataLabel |
The data is then accessed by a program as it would access any other static variable, using instructions such as ldsfld, ldsflda, and so on (see Partition III). The ability to access data from within the PE File can be subject to platform-specific rules, typically related to section access permissions within the PE File format itself.
[Example: The following accesses the data declared in the example of §II.16.3.1. First a static variable needs to be declared for the data, e.g., a global static variable:
.field public static int32 myInt at theInt
Then the static variable can be used to load the data:
ldsfld int32 myInt
// data on stack
end example]