MASM32 Debugging

[PeterRod]

Can an ASM source file be debugged in VisualStudio 2005.
I have VS2005 Std Ed which I use for VB.NET applications and a little c++ (I dont like c/c++)
I am putting some time into learning MASM32 with Qeditor and Olly as the debugger.

If I open 'myApp.asm' inVS2005 I get the source listing in its editor.
But I dont get any debug options like 'step into' , run etc

I was wondering if it is possible?

[GregL]

Yes, it works very well. You need to open the .exe file.  From the command-line, or a batch file, it is devenv /debugexe filename.exe. Remember to do a debug build.

[PeterRod]

Greg,
Thanks for your help.
I found a way to open an ASM project in VS2005 and to use the full functionality of the VS IDE including its editor , debugger, tools and help on .asm source.
There are no templates for ASM projects in VS (at least none that I could find) so you have to do a workaround.
You would still use ml.exe and link.exe for assembly / linking but no makeit.bat file.
If you are interested I could detail the required steps

I did run into a related issue.
If the include path has spaces in the directory name ml.exe doesn't parse correctly and fails.
I noticed it in the include path. I am sure a similar error occurs in other paths.
It appears to be a ml.exe problem.
Is there a workaround other than the obvious old rule of  'no spaces' in directories?
It would be convenient to avoid that restriction.

Thanks again for the help

Peter

[Mirno]

Have you tried putting quotes around the string?
As you've noticed spaces are a delimiter between arguments, but a quoted string should work...

Mirno

[PeterRod]

Hi Mirno,
Yeah I tried quoting the path.
In Project | Properties | Microsoft Macro Assembler | General | Include Paths
If I enter a path that contains spaces I get the following errors whether the path name is quoted or not.

Following is the include path I was trying to reference:

C:\Documents and Settings\PETER\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\AsmPgms

I received this error:

Error   1   fatal error A1000: cannot open file : and   MASM   

The ' and ' in the error report comes from  ' and ' in Documents and Settings.


I also tried
"C:\Documents and Settings\PETER\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\AsmPgms"

I got the same error report.

BTW has anyone written an assembly language project template for VS2005 ?
seems like the correct solution to this problem and other workaround issues.

[PeterRod]

What works is:

'C:\Documents and Settings\PETER\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\AsmPgms'

a single quoted string not double quoted.

The include statement in the .asm source also needs to have the path fully detailed as above.

Peter

[GregL]

I found a way to open an ASM project in VS2005 and to use the full functionality of the VS IDE including its editor , debugger, tools and help on .asm source.

Yes, this works, I have done it. It works the same way in VS2008.

[Edit] There are post on this forum on how to do this.

[vikas]

I facing the problem of getting error similar to this like:

Assembling: c:\Documents
MASM : fatal error A1000: cannot open file : c:\Documents
Project : error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from "Performing Custom Build Step"

could anybody help me in this concern


thanks in advance

[Mark Jones]

Assembling: "c:\Documents and something else..."

Perhaps quotes need to be added?