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FlierMate11



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FlierMate11 26 Jan 2023, 12:43
Last time I coded like this and it works.

Code:
message       db      "Hello World",13,10,0
  len           =      $ - message    


But yesterday the above not working (silent crash in Windows), so I changed it to the below and it worked again.

Code:
message       db      "Hello World",13,10,0
  len           dd      $ - message    


What is the size of "len" if I use the first approach?

I need to pass it as parameter for WriteConsoleA.
Code:
push   dword [len]    
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revolution
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revolution 26 Jan 2023, 12:58
Code:
push len ; push raw number
push [len] ; push contents of memory location pointed to by len    
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FlierMate11



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FlierMate11 26 Jan 2023, 13:02
revolution wrote:
Code:
push len ; push raw number
push [len] ; push contents of memory location pointed to by len    


Ah, yes, I browse back my old code, the difference is like what you have pointed out.

If I use "len=$-msg", then have to use "push len" (raw number)
But if I use "len dd $-msg", then have to use "push [len]". It was confusing but I slowly understand it now.

Thank you for the prompt reply.
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