Strtbl and struct macros

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Vortex

Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Posts: 318

Vortex 09 Nov 2003, 14:47

Hi friends,

Can somebody explain the construction of these two macros with some examples? Thanks.

Code:

    macro strtbl name,[string]
     {
      common
        label name dword
      forward
        local label
        dd label
      forward
        label db string,0
     }

Code:

macro struct name
 { virtual at 0
   name name
   sizeof.#name = $ - name
   name equ sizeof.#name
   end virtual }

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09 Nov 2003, 14:47

kaafe

Joined: 15 Oct 2003
Posts: 18

kaafe 10 Nov 2003, 02:02

i suppose first one creates a string table Smile

from "win32asmboard",

Quote:

I posted a macro to do this on the book page. You can create an array of items like this:

code:

cbitems db "item1",0,"item2",0,"item3",0,0 <- note the extra zero at the end

use this macro to add the items:

code:

CB_SetContent MACRO hControl, pList
push edi
push esi
mov esi,pList
push esi
@@:
add esi,1
mov al,[esi]
cmp al,0
jne @B
add esi,1
pop edi
invoke SendMessage,hControl,CB_ADDSTRING,0,edi
mov cl,[esi]
cmp cl,0
je @F
push esi
jmp @B
@@:
pop esi
pop edi
ENDM

In your program just include this line

code:

CB_SetContent hCombobox,OFFSET cbitems

when i saw this macro imagined such a table of string. Maybe you may test. Only an opinion Sad

(maybe you were)

good luck

10 Nov 2003, 02:02

Tommy

Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Posts: 489
Location: Norway

Tommy 10 Nov 2003, 07:24

The StrTbl-macro will as you said, kaafe, generate a string table.

Code:

macro strtbl name,[string] 
{ 
  common 
    label name dword 
  forward 
    local label 
    dd label 
  forward 
    label db string,0 
}

The two first lines will define a label with the name <name>. Onwards, the three next lines will make a list of pointers to the strings. And at last the to last lines will output the strings... By example, it works like this:

Code:

strtbl test_list,"string1","string2","string3"

will be:

Code:

test_list:
  dd pointer_to_string1
  dd pointer_to_string2
  dd pointer_to_string3
  db "string1",0
  db "string2",0
  db "string3",0

The other macro, struct, will make a symbol sizeof.<name> where the value equals the size of the structure given by <name>.

Code:

macro struct name 
{ virtual at 0 
   name name 
   sizeof.#name = $ - name 
   name equ sizeof.#name 
   end virtual }

Example:

Code:

struc a_struc {
   .a dd ?
   .b db ?
   .c dw ?
}
struct a_struc

will generate the symbol "sizeof.a_struc" with the value 7 which is the size of the structure (in bytes of course).

Do you understand?

Regards,
Tommy

10 Nov 2003, 07:24

Guest

Guest 10 Nov 2003, 10:30

Hi friends,

Thanks for your help.

What I don't understand is that how can the same local "label" can be defined 3 or 5 times?(depending on the parameter number)

10 Nov 2003, 10:30

scientica
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Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 689
Location: Linköping, Sweden

scientica 10 Nov 2003, 17:15

Anonymous wrote:

What I don't understand is that how can the same local "label" can be defined 3 or 5 times?(depending on the parameter number)

please, rtfm (fasm.txt or fasm.pdf), there you find that local variables gett a uniqe name for every forwrard/reverse.

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10 Nov 2003, 17:15

Guest

Guest 10 Nov 2003, 22:09

Ok thank you,

But i tested this macro in "dialog.asm"(example in fasm),

strtbl stringTb, "one","two","tree"

thats all, dialog compiled w/o error but crashed on running.

Code:

      topmost_ok:

        strtbl stringTb, "one","two","tree"                ;; <- Here

        invoke  EndDialog,[hwnddlg],1

maybe you may try. Did i wrong?

Regards

10 Nov 2003, 22:09

aaro

Joined: 21 Jun 2003
Posts: 107
Location: hel.fi

aaro 10 Nov 2003, 22:18

I think you must use StrTbl macro in data section instead of code section

10 Nov 2003, 22:18

kaafe

Joined: 15 Oct 2003
Posts: 18

kaafe 10 Nov 2003, 23:07

yeah you were right. Thanks but it was not in code section, in fact. But between the constants and data section.

Thank you

10 Nov 2003, 23:07

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