[solved] undefined symbol 'CreateFile'

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Foxxy

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Foxxy 14 Jul 2014, 02:59

Hello, I am fairly new to assembly, and I have found that FASM is the best Assembler. However, I am having issues with CreateFile. I am trying to get the size of a file, and I'm using CreateFile to open it. However, When I attempt to compile I get the error: 'Error: undefined symbol 'CreateFile'. Can you please look over my code and see what I'm doing wrong? I've compared it to other examples and I don't see what I have done wrong. Also, I have another question. When should I surround a variable like 'numBytes' with brackets []?

Code:

format PE console
entry start

include 'win32ax.inc'

section '.data' data readable writeable
inputFile db "C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE",0

crc dd ?
numBytes db ?
hSrcFile dd ?

section '.code' code readable executable

start:

;===========Open File===========
push 0
push FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL
push OPEN_EXISTING
push 0
push FILE_SHARE_READ
push GENERIC_READ
push inputFile
call CreateFile

mov [hSrcFile],eax
;======set write head at 0======
push FILE_BEGIN
push 0
push 0
push [hSrcFile]
call SetFilePointer
;=========get file size=========
push 0
push [hSrcFile]
call GetFileSize

invoke ExitProcess,0

section '.idata' import data readable
library kernel,'kernel32.dll',\
        msvcrt,'msvcrt.dll'

import  kernel32,\
        ExitProcess,'ExitProcess',\ 
        CloseHandle,'CloseHandle',\ 
        CreateFile,'CreateFileA',\
 
import  msvcrt,\
        printf,'printf',\
        getchar,'_fgetchar'

Last edited by Foxxy on 14 Jul 2014, 05:19; edited 1 time in total

14 Jul 2014, 02:59

AsmGuru62

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AsmGuru62 14 Jul 2014, 03:16

Code:

        numBytes        dd      128
        ...
        mov     eax, numBytes           ; EAX <-- address of numBytes
        mov     eax, [numBytes]         ; EAX <-- contents of numBytes (128 in this case)

1. Try to use invoke for all APIs (CreateFile, GetFileSize), like you do with ExitProcess.
2. No need for SetFilePointer - when file just opened - its pointer is already zero - at the beginning of the file.

14 Jul 2014, 03:16

Foxxy

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Foxxy 14 Jul 2014, 05:05

Why should I use invoke over normal calling? I guess it makes it neater. However, I did try to use invoke, but it still gave me the error. And thank you for clearing up the brackets for me, in disassembly brackets indicate the address of something, not the contents.

14 Jul 2014, 05:05

Foxxy

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Foxxy 14 Jul 2014, 05:19

Also, as it turns out it is a bad idea to import something already declared in 'win32ax.inc', it causes this issue.

14 Jul 2014, 05:19

AsmGuru62

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AsmGuru62 14 Jul 2014, 10:39

I think you're mistaken about disassembler.
Please compare these:

DisAsm:

Code:

;
; Load into ECX from address "ebx + 4Ch"
;
mov ecx, dword [ebx + 4Ch]

FASM:

Code:

;
; Load into EAX from address "numBytes"
;
mov eax, [numBytes]

Brackets present in both cases and whatever inside is an address.

14 Jul 2014, 10:39

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