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HD Blood

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HD Blood 24 Apr 2012, 06:29

Hi everyone,

It was a bit difficult to choose the right board, but I think my question can go under Main? Correct me if I'm wrong. ^^

I want to know how I use the FASM.exe.. the command line one? Which arguments do you have to pas, in order to compile a .exe? The documentation says you have to pass the pathname of your .asm file and a pathname with the name of your exe. Do I have to send additional "-" and "-o" or something similar?

Must say: I'm trying to do this, without the command line? I have another program, where you can drag your files into the window. Then my program tries to pass the right arguments to the FASM.exe.

My argument now looks like this: "C:\FASM\PROJECTS\Repeat.asm C:\FASM\Compiled.exe"
I've also try'd this: "-C:\FASM\PROJECTS\Repeat.asm -C:\FASM\Compiled.exe"
But with no succes?

Greets Dyon

24 Apr 2012, 06:29

JohnFound

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JohnFound 24 Apr 2012, 07:02

You should read the section 1.1.2 of the FASM manual.

Note, you can't affect the output of FASM from the command line. From the same source file, FASM will always generate the same output.

24 Apr 2012, 07:02

HD Blood

Joined: 23 Apr 2012
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HD Blood 24 Apr 2012, 08:25

JohnFound wrote:

You should read the section 1.1.2 of the FASM manual.
Note, you can't affect the output of FASM from the command line. From the same source file, FASM will always generate the same output.

I have read the manual, but I don't get what I'm doing wrong?

Manual wrote:

If no second parameter is given, the name for output file will be guessed automatically.

So far, I have tried:
- Drag and drop the source to the compiler
- Pass 1 argument to the compiler: "sourcepath\source.asm"
- Pass 1 argument to the compiler, which contains both source and destination path: "sourcepath\source.asm destinationpath\compiled.exe"
- Pass 2 arguments to the compiler with an shortcut (Don't know if I'm doing it right?): "pathtocompiler\FASM.exe -sourcepath\source.asm -destinationpath\compiled.exe"

My source file looks like:

Code:

include 'win32ax.inc'

.code

  start:
       invoke  MessageBox,HWND_DESKTOP,"Start",invoke GetCommandLine,MB_OK

    repeat 10000000
         add ecx,1
       end repeat

       invoke  MessageBox,HWND_DESKTOP,"Stop",invoke GetCommandLine,MB_OK
       invoke  ExitProcess,0

.end start

JohnFound wrote:

Note, you can't affect the output of FASM from the command line. From the same source file, FASM will always generate the same output.

What do you mean? So I can't determine where my exe will be placed? Then why do you have to pass the second argument? Can you explain a little more? I don't exactly get it?

Dyon.

24 Apr 2012, 08:25

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

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revolution 24 Apr 2012, 08:34

At the command prompt type:

Code:

c:\>fasm MyUberSource.asm MyUberProgram.exe

24 Apr 2012, 08:34

JohnFound

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JohnFound 24 Apr 2012, 08:42

Your example compiles OK for me.
You probably didn't set the path to the include files properly. Use "INCLUDE" environment variable, or simply explicitly set the full path in the include clause in your source file.

About the second note: You can, of course, set the target name in the command line. But you can't change the type or content of the binary file from the command line. For example - the source from your example will always compile to 32bit windows PE file. You can change the file name, but the content of the file will always be the same.

24 Apr 2012, 08:42

HD Blood

Joined: 23 Apr 2012
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HD Blood 24 Apr 2012, 08:58

JohnFound wrote:

environment variable, or simply explicitly set the full path in the include clause in your source file.

Aah, you are right. He didn't find the include file. Now it works fine!
Thank you ^^

JohnFound wrote:

About the second note: You can, of course, set the target name in the command line. But you can't change the type or content of the binary file from the command line. For example - the source from your example will always compile to 32bit windows PE file. You can change the file name, but the content of the file will always be the same.

Oh ok. I didn't know that. Thanks. Wink

Dyon.

24 Apr 2012, 08:58

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