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ManOfSteel

Joined: 02 Feb 2005
Posts: 1154

ManOfSteel 22 Aug 2006, 09:30

Hello,
I have some questions about different topics.

1. Cannot 'WS_TABSTOP' be used outside dialog boxes? When I use it like this...

Code:

dialogitem 'EDIT',0,DialBoxEditID,4,4,120,12,WS_VISIBLE+WS_BORDER+WS_TABSTOP

it works, but when I use it like this...

Code:

invoke  CreateWindowEx,0,'BUTTON','Proceed',WS_CHILD+WS_VISIBLE+WS_TABSTOP,10,200,310,22,[hwnd],ProcButtonID,[wc.hInstance],0

it does not.
Am I missing something here? Do I need to add something to make it work when invoking 'CreateWindowEx', should I invoke some other function I am not aware of, ...?

2. Can I call my own procedures using the 'invoke' pseudo-instruction or will I have to modify the equates, parameters counts, etc...?

3. Are there any macros, procedures or APIs for string manipulation (copy, get length, concatenate, delete character, etc...)?

4. I did not fully understand the use of the pseudo-instruction 'uses' in procedures.
From the manual:

Quote:

Then also the uses keyword may follow, and after it the list of registers (separated only with spaces) that will be automatically stored on entry to procedure and restored on exit.

Does that mean that the registers I write there will be pushed when entering the procedure and poped when getting out of it, 'uses eax edi esi' being the same as 'push eax edi esi / pop esi edi eax'?

5. I have a problem with the 'WM_SYSCOMMAND' message. Every time I include a

Code:

cmp     [wmsg],WM_SYSCOMMAND
je      wmsyscommand

in the WindowProc procedure (along with WM_COMMAND, WM_CREATE, WM_DESTROY, etc...) I am unable to close the program by clicking the 'x' button and I have to terminate it with 'CTRL+ALT+DEL'.

Thank you in advance for your help.

22 Aug 2006, 09:30

vid
Verbosity in development

Joined: 05 Sep 2003
Posts: 7105
Location: Slovakia

vid 22 Aug 2006, 10:03

2. you can call your own with "stdcall", not invoke. search board for recent posts with "stdcall" and "invoke", it was explained lately

3. you can use libc(.dll)
(soon there will be FASMLIB prepared for use, unfortunately it isn't in state to become used by now)

4. it means that you can use these registers in functions, but their value will be preserved in prologue / epilogue code. for example:

Code:

proc a uses ebx
...
ret
endp

is same (not really) as

Code:

proc a
push ebx
...
pop ebx
ret
endp

22 Aug 2006, 10:03

afw2004

Joined: 16 Jun 2005
Posts: 49
Location: Kharkov, Ukraine

afw2004 22 Aug 2006, 11:00

1. You can write your message loop as following

Code:

local .msg:MSG
    lea esi,[.msg]
.startloop:
    invoke GetMessage, esi,0,0,0
    test eax,eax
    jz .endloop
    invoke IsDialogMessage, [hwndDialog],esi;  <-- WS_TABSTOP should process
    test eax,eax
    jnz .startloop
    invoke TranslateMessage, esi
    invoke DispatchMessage, esi
    jmp .startloop
.endloop:

22 Aug 2006, 11:00

ManOfSteel

Joined: 02 Feb 2005
Posts: 1154

ManOfSteel 29 Aug 2006, 07:44

Thank you for your replies.

vid,

Quote:

you can use libc(.dll)

What is that libc? I have no such library in my system. Or could it be called something other than 'libc.dll'.

Quote:

is same (not really) as

What do you mean by 'not really'? Does it push/pop the registers or not?

afw2004,
Is 'IsDialogMessage' not for dialog boxes only? I need to make it work in the main window.

I have new questions related to files. I recently saw an example on how to use file mapping without ReadFile/WriteFile: by using MapViewOfFile and wsprintf (to write). Is there any other API I could use for writing? What API could I use for reading?

29 Aug 2006, 07:44

farrier

Joined: 26 Aug 2004
Posts: 274
Location: North Central Mississippi

farrier 29 Aug 2006, 08:10

ManOfSteel,

afw2004 is correct! Attached is a small program which creates a regular widow, then adds a few child controls. You can see how the tab key takes the focus from one control to the other.

I included:

invoke TranslateAccelerator, [gWnd], [hAccel], msg

in the message loop, in case there is a keyboard accelerator in the program--not used in this one.

hth,

farrier

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29 Aug 2006, 08:10

ManOfSteel

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ManOfSteel 02 Sep 2006, 09:05

Thank you everyone, it works fine now.

02 Sep 2006, 09:05

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