MASM32!

[2-Bit Chip]

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    szVersion db "1.0.0.0-2", 0
    szClassName2 db "Updater v", szVersion

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error A2071: initializer magnitude too large for specified size

Why would it not work?

It should just make:

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    szVersion db "1.0.0.0-2", 0
    szClassName2 db "Updater v1.0.0.0-2",0

[dedndave]

    szVersion db "1.0.0.0-2", 0
    szClassName2 db "Updater v", szVersion <------- tries to put the 32-bit address of szVersion into a byte array

try this...

    szClassName2 db "Updater v"
    szVersion db "1.0.0.0-2", 0

[redskull]

This might be a better option for organization:


CurrentVersion EQU "1.0.0.0-2", 0

......blah blah blah....

szVersion db CurrentVersion
szClassName2 db "Updater v", CurrentVersion

Remember that a variable always references an address, whereas an EQU is essentially a 'plug and chug'.  In your version, you are trying to append the address of szVersion to the end of the string, which is neither support nor intended

-r

[Mirno]

Or alternatively use masm's @catstr (strcat?) or some such built in macro.

Mirno

[2-Bit Chip]

I forgot all about how it represents an address. I really thought it would append it on during assembling.  :red

I like the method using the constants. For Dave, that method just looks messy (I hope you know what I mean), and I aim for readability, easy to go through and understand.


Thank you you all! :dance:

[dedndave]

lol - that's ok - no offense taken
i bet that, at some point, you will make a structure just like that - lol
it seems inevitable
i do it quite often - especially for buffers

AsciiBuffer db 32 dup(?)
AscBuffTerm db 4 dup(?)
;end of AsciiBuffer

notice the remark at the end - that way, a reader (or myself) knows they belong together
the advantage in this case is that "sizeof AsciiBuffer" returns the correct value, without the terminator
i have assigned 4 bytes to the terminator in this case to keep the addresses 4-aligned

here' another example...

Banner  db 'DednDave Times Ten Table Generator'
BanTerm db 0,10
BanCrLf db 13,10,0
;end of Banner

this time, i use the banner (zero terminated) to set the console title
then, i set the 0 byte at BanTerm to a 13, and use the string again as the console banner (with 2 cr/lf pairs)
this way, i don't have to count bytes and say "mov byte ptr Banner+35,13"
i just say "mov byte ptr BanTerm,13"
i also use the last cr/lf pair for other text

i like RedSkull's approach - if you need to create 2 copies of the string
mine takes 10 bytes less   :U