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Nameless



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Nameless 13 May 2010, 15:19
ive a proc with one parameter, i need to use CreateThread to Create a thread for that proc and pass a struct as a parameter, i used to do this in delphi, but i dunno how to in fasm :/

is it even possible?
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cod3b453



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cod3b453 13 May 2010, 16:13
Something like this should do it (sorry can't test on this machine):
Code:
; Data section
       struct MY_STRUCT
              a dd ?
              b dd ?
       ends

        mystruct MY_STRUCT
        threadID dd ?

; Code section
        ;...
        invoke CreateThread,NULL,NULL,myproc,mystruct,NULL,threadID ; threadID can be NULL
        ;...

proc myproc,lpParam
        push esi

        mov esi,[lpParam]
        mov eax,[esi+MY_STRUCT.b]
        ;...

        pop esi
        ret
endp    

Hope that helps
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Nameless



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Nameless 13 May 2010, 16:18
thanks Very Happy
will try that now
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Nameless



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Nameless 29 Jun 2010, 16:33
im sorry to popup an old thread, but, the thread is created, but it crashes when using the code to read parameters Sad
is threre any other way to read parameters?
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Picnic



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Picnic 29 Jun 2010, 17:15
hi, i did a quick run:

Code:
        mov dword [mystruct.a], 20
        mov dword [mystruct.b], 30
        invoke CreateThread,NULL,NULL,myproc,mystruct,NULL,threadID ; threadID can be NULL
    


Code:
        mov esi,[lpParam]
        mov eax,[esi+MY_STRUCT.a]
        add eax,[esi+MY_STRUCT.b]
        
        ; eax = 50
    


cod3b453's example looks good to me, better to post some of your code Nameless.
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Nameless



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Nameless 29 Jun 2010, 20:45
Code:
struct MY_STRUCT
     szFilePath              dw MAX_PATH dup (?)
ends

proc Test, lpParam

 locals
  Buffer rb 1024
 endl

 push esi
 mov      esi, [lpParam]
 invoke       lstrcpy, addr Buffer, [esi+MY_STRUCT.szFilePath]
 invoke     MessageBox, 0, addr Buffer, "s test", MB_OK
 pop esi
 ret
endp
    
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Picnic



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Picnic 29 Jun 2010, 21:13
Code:
 struct MY_STRUCT
  szFilePath              db MAX_PATH dup (?)  
 ends 
    


Use LEA instruction to transfer the offset.
Code:
 mov esi, [lpParam]
 lea edi, [esi+MY_STRUCT.szFilePath]
 invoke lstrcpy, addr Buffer, edi
 invoke MessageBox, 0, addr Buffer, "s test", MB_OK
    
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LocoDelAssembly
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LocoDelAssembly 29 Jun 2010, 21:14
Protecting ultra expensive intellectual property Nameless? The code you provided cannot possibly be a fragment of your real code because you could never been able to compile a proc called "test".

This will work...
Code:
include 'win32wxp.inc'

struct MY_STRUCT
        szFilePath              du MAX_PATH dup (?)
ends

.code
start:
 invoke CreateThread,NULL,NULL,TestProc,mystruct,NULL,threadID ; threadID can be NULL
 invoke Sleep, 5000
 invoke ExitProcess, 0

proc TestProc, lpParam
 locals
  Buffer rb 1024
 endl

 push esi
 mov    esi, [lpParam]
 invoke lstrcpy, addr Buffer, addr esi+MY_STRUCT.szFilePath
 invoke MessageBox, 0, addr Buffer, "s test", MB_OK
 pop esi
 ret
endp

.data
  mystruct MY_STRUCT <"Hello world", 0>
  threadID dd ?
.end start     
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Nameless



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Nameless 29 Jun 2010, 21:28
@Picnic: thanks alot Very Happy. worked like a charm, but can u tell me why u used lea?
@LocoDeAssemblt: the original function name is in my native language Very Happy
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Picnic



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Picnic 29 Jun 2010, 21:48
consider a structure mystruct of type MY_STRUCT with various members, lpParam holds mystruct first member offset address.
Code:
struct MY_STRUCT
      a dd ?
      b dd ?
      szFilePath db MAX_PATH dup (?) 
ends 


mov esi, [lpParam]    ; now esi holds mystruct first member offset address

; dword [esi] --> value of a
; dword [esi+MY_STRUCT.a] --> value of a
; dword [esi+MY_STRUCT.b] --> value of b
; lea edi, [esi+MY_STRUCT.szFilePath] --> edi address of szFilePath
; addr esi+MY_STRUCT.szFilePath --> address of szFilePath
    
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Nameless



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Nameless 29 Jun 2010, 22:09
thanks alot Very Happy
either things are getting easier by the time, or ur good at explaining
or worse xD, my questions are getting dumber Very Happy
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