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upsurt



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upsurt 28 Jul 2014, 13:24
Hi

I try to get the position and the height/width of an window with GetWindowRect.

rc RECT
hwnd dd 0
left dq 0
top dq 0
width dq 0
height dq 0

invoke GetWindowRect,[hwnd],rc
mov dword[left],rc.left
mov dword[top],rc.top
mov dword[width],rc.right-rc.left
mov dword[height],rc.bottom-rc.top

while [rc.left], [rc.right], [rc.top] and [rc.bottom] contain the correct data, [left], [top], [width] and [height] contain complete sensless data.

I'm sure it's my fault and that I mess sth up with the data types. Can someone please point me the direction?
What I need is width and height of the window.

New to ASM and didn't find an usefull explanation of data types in ASM by now.

Thank you very much!


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revolution 28 Jul 2014, 13:26
You need to load the value from the structure:
Code:
mov eax,[rc.left]
mov [left],eax    
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upsurt



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upsurt 28 Jul 2014, 13:29
I did this before, but I get an "operand sizes do not match (mov [left],eax)" error.
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upsurt 28 Jul 2014, 13:39
Ok, I got it working with your help! Thank you, revolution.

Code:
  invoke GetWindowRect,[hwnd],rc
  ;x
  mov eax,[rc.left]
  mov dword[left],eax
  ;y
  mov eax,[rc.top]
  mov dword[top],eax
  ;width
  mov eax,[rc.right]
  mov dword[width],eax
  mov eax,[rc.left]
  sub dword[width],eax
  ;height
  mov eax,[rc.bottom]
  mov dword[height],eax
  mov eax,[rc.top]
  sub dword[height],eax  
    


now I get the correct data in dword[left], dword[top], dword[width] and dword[height]

But is this the correct way to do it, or is there a better way?
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revolution 28 Jul 2014, 14:01
You can use the matching size for the values then you don't need the 'dword' overrides:
Code:
left dd ?    
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