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tutenhamon



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tutenhamon 22 Sep 2010, 17:21
How I create win16 application using a FASM ?
I must use a format MZ directive and I ... ? (what's next?)
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LocoDelAssembly
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LocoDelAssembly 22 Sep 2010, 17:44
You can't actually, fasm has no support for Win16 (NE format?). MZ format is for MS-DOS executables.
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mindcooler 23 Sep 2010, 11:58
Code:
format binary as 'exe'    

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revolution 23 Sep 2010, 12:15
mindcooler wrote:
Code:
format binary as 'exe'    
Code:
format binary as 'exe'
db 'NE'
;...    
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Fanael 23 Sep 2010, 13:22
LocoDelAssembly wrote:
You can't actually, fasm has no support for Win16 (NE format?).
Untrue, it's possible to create a NE file, using the method alluded to by mindcooler and revolution. Razz
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tutenhamon



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tutenhamon 24 Sep 2010, 22:01
Code:
format binary as 'exe'
use16
db 'MZ'
;dos header
db 'NE'       ;ID='NE'
db 0      ;Linker major version
db 0   ;Linker minor version
dw entry_table ;Offset of entry table (see below)
dw end_entry_table - entry_table  ;Length of entry table in bytes
dd 0 ;File load CRC (0 in Borland's TPW)
db 0b   ;Program flags, bitmapped :
             ;0-1 - DGroup type :
        ;0 - none
           ;1 - single shared
              ;2 - multiple
               ;3 - (null)
         ;2 - Global initialization
          ;3 - Protected mode only
            ;4 - 8086 instructions
              ;5 - 80286 instructions
             ;6 - 80386 instructions
             ;7 - 80x87 instructions
db 0b        ;Application flags, bitmapped
               ;0-2 - Application type
                     ;1 - Full screen (not aware of Windows/P.M. API)
                    ;2 - Compatible with Windows/P.M. API
                       ;3 - Uses Windows/P.M. API
          ;3 - OS/2 family application
                ;4 - reserved?
              ;5 - Errors in image/executable
             ;6 - "non-conforming program" whatever
            ;7 - DLL or driver (SS:SP info invalid, CS:IP points at FAR init routine called with
            ;AX=module handle which returns AX=0000h on failure, AX nonzero on successful initialization)
db 0       ;Auto data segment index
dw 0        ;Initial local heap size
dw 0        ;Initial stack size
dd start ;Entry point (CS:IP), CS is index into segment table
dd 0        ;Initial stack pointer (SS:SP) SS is index into segment table
dw 0       ;Segment count
dw 0  ;Module reference count
dw 0 ;Size of nonresident names table in bytes
dw 0       ;Offset of segment table (see below)
dw resource     ;Offset of resource table
dw 0       ;Offset of resident names table
dw 0 ;Offset of module reference table
dw 0       ;Offset of imported names table
                                                              ;(array of counted strings, terminated with a
                                                            ;string of length 00h)
dd 0    ;Offset from start of file to nonresident names table
dw 0   ;Count of moveable entry point listed in entry table
dw 0    ;File alignment size shift count 0 is equivalent to 9 (default 512-byte pages)
dw 0  ;Number of resource table entries
db 0       ;Target operating system
            ;0 - unknown
                ;1 - OS/2
           ;2 - Windows
                ;3 - European MS-DOS 4.x
            ;4 - Windows 386
            ;5 - BOSS (Borland Operating System Services)
db 0b  ;Other OS/2 EXE flags, bitmapped
            ;0 - Long filename support
          ;1 - 2.x protected mode
             ;2 - 2.x proportional fonts
         ;3 - Executable has gangload area
dw 0       ;Offset to return thunks or start of gangload area - whatever that means.
dw 0       ;offset to segment reference thunks or length of gangload area.
dw 0 ;Minimum code swap area size
db 0,1  ;Expected Windows version (minor version first)

start:
ret

entry_table:
end_entry_table:

resource:
    


what's next?
dos header?
entry table?
resource?
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baldr 25 Sep 2010, 05:02
tutenhamon,

You've forgot about IMAGE_DOS_HEADER.e_lfanew. That's how loader finds New Executable (and LE/LX/PE too). There was something with .e_lfarlc but I don't remember correctly what it was (.e_lfarlc > 0x1C, probably).

I've made simple NE in fasm as a container for .Fon font libraries (resource-only DLL); if you're interested, I can post it.
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tutenhamon 25 Sep 2010, 13:54
baldr Yes I'am interested this code.
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baldr 25 Sep 2010, 13:58
tutenhamon,

Remember, this is not supposed to do anything: it was written as a container for bitmap font resources.
Code:
use16 format binary as "Fon"

..fileoffset = 0

mz.header:

.magic          dw      'MZ'    ;00
.cblp           dw      mz.size mod 512 ;02
.cp             dw      (mz.size-1)/512 + 1 ;04
.crlc           dw      0       ;06
.cparhdr        dw      mz.header.size shr 4 ;08
.minalloc       dw      8       ;0a
.maxalloc       dw      8       ;0c
.ss             dw      0       ;0e
.sp             dw      160     ;10
.csum           dw      0       ;12
.ip             dw      mz.image.entry ;14
.cs             dw      0       ;16
.lfarlc         dw      mz.size ;18
.ovno           dw      0       ;1a
.res            rd      1       ;1c
                align   16      ;padding

..fileoffset = ..fileoffset+$-$$
.size = ..fileoffset

mz.image:
                org     0

.message        db      'Font library.',13,10,'$'

.entry:         mov     ah, 9
                mov     dx, .message+0x100
                int     0x21
                mov     ah, 0x4c
                int     0x21

                rb      0x3c-(mz.image+$-$$) ;padding
.e_lfanew       dd      ne.header

..fileoffset = ..fileoffset+$-$$
mz.size = ..fileoffset

ne.header = ..fileoffset
                org     0

.magic          dw      'NE'
.ver            db      5
.rev            db      1
.enttab         dw      ne.enttab
.cbenttab       dw      ne.enttab.size
.crc            dd      0
.flags          dw      0x8000
.autodata       dw      0
.heap           dw      0
.stack          dw      0
.csip           dd      0
.sssp           dd      0
.cseg           dw      0
.cmodref        dw      0
.cbnrestab      dw      ne.nresnametab.size
.segtab         dw      ne.segtab
.rsrctab        dw      ne.rsrctab
.resnametab     dw      ne.resnametab
.modreftab      dw      ne.modreftab
.impnametab     dw      ne.impnametab
.nresnametab    dd      ..nresnametab
.cmovent        dw      0
.align          dw      4
.cres           dw      0
.exetyp         db      2
.flagsother     db      0
.pretthunks     dw      0
.psegrefbytes   dw      0
.swaparea       dw      0
.expver         dw      0x030a

ne:
.segtab:
.segtab.size = $-.segtab

.rsrctab:
                dw      4
                dw      0
.rsrctab.size = $-.rsrctab

struc cstr [data] {
  local ..end
  db ..end-($+1),data
  ..end:
}

.resnametab:
.modname        cstr    "72DPI"
                dw      0
.last           cstr    ""
.resnametab.size = $-.resnametab

.modreftab:
.modreftab.size = $-.modreftab

.impnametab:
.impnametab.size = $-.impnametab

.enttab:
                db      0
.enttab.size = $-ne.enttab

..nresnametab = ..fileoffset+$-$$
.nresnametab:
.fontname       cstr    "FONTRES 100,72,72:72DPI (16)"
                dw      0
                db      0
.nresnametab.size = $-.nresnametab    
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rugxulo 05 Oct 2010, 04:50
OpenWatcom supports Win16 code, so you could take a look there for more details.
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Kenneth Zheng 07 Oct 2010, 14:29
objconv can covert 16bit and 32bit COFF format.
You can use below weblink to find it:

http://www.agner.org/optimize

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rugxulo 11 Oct 2010, 20:04
Kenneth, you keep calling it COFF, which is confusing. Unless I'm mistaken, COFF doesn't support 16-bit (maybe GNU extensions, I dunno). Are you talking about OMF/OBJ or COFF as in DJGPP?
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