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omega_red

Joined: 13 Mar 2004
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Location: Poland

omega_red 07 Sep 2004, 15:31

I have following source:

Code:

format PE

include '%fasminc%\win32a.inc'
;------------------------------------------------

section 'all' code data readable writable executable

    ret

;------------------------------------------------
data import

library kernel,'kernel32.dll'

import kernel,\
  ExitProcess,'ExitProcess'

end data

It compiles, but FASM (1.55) doesn't generate any imports in EXE. Why?

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07 Sep 2004, 15:31

omega_red

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omega_red 07 Sep 2004, 16:05

OK, it's because the imported function was unreferenced. But how to force FASM to generate such unreferenced imports?

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07 Sep 2004, 16:05

crc

Joined: 21 Jun 2003
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crc 07 Sep 2004, 16:23

Shouldn't you have the imports in an idata section? (Maybe you already set this up with macros, I don't know...)

Code:

section '.idata' import data readable writeable

07 Sep 2004, 16:23

Tomasz Grysztar

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Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 07 Sep 2004, 17:15

The symbol does not necessarily need to be referenced in code to make assembler think it is "used", the other way is to do some definition like:

Code:

use = ExitProcess

07 Sep 2004, 17:15

omega_red

Joined: 13 Mar 2004
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Location: Poland

omega_red 07 Sep 2004, 17:36

Thanks, the 'use' example did the trick.

07 Sep 2004, 17:36

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