large db files

[ecube]

anyway to make masm not act retarded and max cpu to 95%+ when trying to assemble in large files in db format? by that I mean just assemble it in without masm trying to parse/understand it, or whatever it's doing.

[dedndave]

someplace i saw a obj file converter just exactly what you want
i have it, too
let me find the link
it may have been on Vortex's site

[dedndave]

http://www.vortex.masmcode.com/files/bin2coff10.zip

[ecube]

Good old vortex, thanks dedndave  :bg

[dedndave]

my pleasure
he's the man, huh

[ToutEnMasm]

a simple trick to avoid problems with large data,picked it here in this forum

      buffy label byte
      org $+200000h-1
      db ?
      size_buffy equ $-buffy      ;2 Mo

[dedndave]

i don't get it, Yves

[MichaelW]

http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=8602.0

[dedndave]

oh - i see
i was a little confused, as e^cubed wanted to convert a data base file to obj
but, i see now that isn't it - lol
as it turns out, Vortex's converter could be used for a lot of things, i guess
but - that is a good tip to know about Yves

[Vortex]

Hi dedndave,

There are also fda.exe ( file data assembler ) and fda2.exe coming with the Masm32 installation.

[dedndave]

cool Vortex
obj files have always been a bit of a mystery to me - lol
i understand most of the relocation and symbol stuff
but all the little subtleties elude me

[Vortex]

Hi dedndave,

This document can be helpful :

Microsoft Portable Executable and Common Object File Format Specification

[dedndave]

lol - yes - i have that one - i have converted it to PDF on another thread

[Vortex]

This tool is very useful to examine and understand the internals of object files :

PEviewPEview Version 0.9.8 ( .zip 31KB ) - my quick and easy way to view the structure and content of 32-bit Portable Executable (PE) and Component Object File Format (COFF) files which supports the viewing of EXE, DLL, OBJ, LIB, DBG, and other file types.

http://www.magma.ca/~wjr/PEview.zip

[dedndave]

that guy has some awsome tutorial type examples too