format pe console
include 'win32ax.inc'
start:

invoke GetStdHandle,STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE
mov [h0],eax

mov [b+$20],$D
mov [b+$21],$A

mov [v],0
p0:

mov eax,[v]
mov ebx,$20
p1:

dec ebx
mov [b+ebx],$30
shr eax,1
adc [b+ebx],0
cmp ebx,0
jne p1

invoke  WriteConsole,[h0],b,$22,r0,0

invoke  MessageBox,HWND_DESKTOP,"press a key to see the next number","pause",MB_OK

inc [v]

cmp [v],0
jne p0

invoke  ExitProcess,0

.end start

b rb $22
v rd 1
h0 rd 1
r0 rd 1

    

proc WaitKey
     cinvoke printf, <10,13,"[Press ESC or SPACE to continue]",10,13>

     .repeat
             invoke  Sleep, 10
             invoke  GetAsyncKeyState, VK_ESCAPE
             push    eax
             invoke  GetAsyncKeyState, VK_SPACE
             pop     ecx
             or      eax, ecx
             and     eax, $8000
     .until  eax <> NULL
     return
endp    

1. be sure you have nothing in read buffer
2. SetConsoleMode - disable ENABLE_LINE_INPUT and ENABLE_ECHO_INPUT flag.
3. read 1 byte from console

How do I do read 1 byte? I'll have to look into this stuff.

So is it true that messagebox is the only way to pause using only 1 line of code?

I don't want to include any more files. Having to include win32ax.inc
was bad enough. I already have the program in DOS that does everything
and it doesn't need any includes.

2, I think that trying to avoid include files is very foolish, especially with Windows programming. If you do that then your code will soon become an unreadable buggy mess, even to yourself after a period of time. By the way, Tomaz's win32ax file itself includes a bunch of other files. This approach simplifies the primary source code line length but permits many other files to be included. This is also a form of coding design, structure and organisation, together with procedures and macros, that are essential aspects of programming, assembly or otherwise. Even for small programs in my opinion.

Chris

you need to reserve only one byte buffer to read one byte, and few bytes doesn't matter to anyone anyway

putbineax:
pusha
mov di,biteax
mov cx,$20
converteax:
rol eax,1
push eax
and eax,1
or eax,$30
stosb
pop eax
loop converteax
mov ah,$9
mov dx,biteax
int $21
popa
ret
biteax db '????????????????????????????????',$0D,$0A,$24
    

I have written plenty of DOS programs and I'm just very upset at
Windows EXEs as they aren't tiny like DOS COM files.

When somebody makes a Windows EXE under 256 bytes(decimal) then
I'll be interested!

I don't want to include any more files. Having to include win32ax.inc
was bad enough.

I only do my crazy DOS ASM for the speed.

Even the size on disk is aligned to cluster size