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ChrisLeslie



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ChrisLeslie 20 Aug 2006, 06:51
I need a directive that will allow assembly if a macro exists. I have tried "if defined", "if ~ defined", "if used" etc but I cant get anything to work.

For example I do this:

.if [uMsg] = WM_TIMER
if used mytimer
mytimer
end if
.endif

then I want it to skip the assembly if "mytimer" macro does not exist.
I can't understand the FASM manual very well on this topic!!

Regards

Chris
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vid
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vid 20 Aug 2006, 09:03
well, you should read principes of FASM, to understand what is preprocessing. Macro is expanded at preprocessing stage before, "if"s are handled (in assemby stage). Also operator "used" is for checking value of numeric constants, not macros.
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Dmitry



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Dmitry 20 Aug 2006, 12:42
So, you should use 'match' directive

For example:
Code:
macro mytimer
{
;;handler code
}

mytimer_present equ 1

;;

.if [uMsg] = WM_TIMER
;
match =1,mytimer_present { mytimer }
;
.endif 


    
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ChrisLeslie



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ChrisLeslie 20 Aug 2006, 21:59
Dmitry

Ah!, the match directive. I can't wait to try that when I get home. Thanks for the advice.

Regards

Chris
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ChrisLeslie



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ChrisLeslie 22 Aug 2006, 03:08
No, I could get the match directive as above to work. I don't understand the code Dmitry however because if "mytimer_present" equate to 1 then the match will only be true, even if mytimer does not exist. How can the presence or not of the macro name be interpreted by the match? Or am I misunderstanding something...

Chris
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Dmitry



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Dmitry 22 Aug 2006, 07:54
You should manually change this value.
mytimer_present equ 1 if mytimer macro present, otherwise 0

The improved version:
Code:
macro __macro name*, [params]
{
        common 
        name#_present equ 1
        macro name params \{
}

MACRO fix __macro
ENDM fix }

macro IFMDEF name*
{       
        match =1, name#_present \{ name \}
}


;;macros

MACRO mymacro
        xor eax,eax
ENDM


;;code
.if [uMsg] = WM_TIMER
;
IFMDEF mymacro
;
.endif  
    
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