E2045 Bad object file format - '%s' (Delphi)

This error occurs if an object file loaded with a $L or $LINK directive is not of the correct format. Several restrictions must be met:

Check the naming restrictions on segment names in the help file
Not more than 10 segments
Not more than 255 external symbols
Not more than 50 local names in LNAMES records
LEDATA and LIDATA records must be in offset order
No THREAD subrecords are supported in FIXU32 records
Only 32-bit offsets can be fixed up
Only segment and self relative fixups
Target of a fixup must be a segment, a group or an EXTDEF
Object must be 32-bit object file
Various internal consistency condition that should only fail if the object file is corrupted.

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