Linking programs

[dedndave]

what is the name of your assembler exe file and linker exe file ?
if you install the masm32 package, you will get masm version 6.14
i am using 6.15, but either should work

this is the one i use
http://www.4shared.com/file/139758027/648a9665/ML_online.html

here is a 16-bit linker (Lnk563.exe)
http://website.masm32.com/microsoft/Lnk563.exe

[veronicak5678]

I downloaded the file, but it executes and immediately shuts down... and what is the instruction 'OR?' and 'SHR?'

[dedndave]

grrrrr - lol
it is a zip file - you have to unzip it, first
i think the Lnk563 is also a zip (self-extracting) - you have to run it once before using it

[veronicak5678]

I did unzip it! I got an executable, which I executed, and then it died.

[dedndave]

ok - let me re-upload to that site - the file may be corrupt
hang on a few...

[dedndave]

try this one...
http://www.4shared.com/file/139758027/648a9665/ML_online.html

[veronicak5678]

The same thing happened, but I managed to run your after I took out the procs you wrote and put the putdec and putstrng stuff back in.

I am fooling around with it now trying to format it the way I need it and do the second part that uses the clock, but there are a few things I don't know, namely

shr, jc, jmp short, & or.

Also, it never seems to get to the bottom to display the stats. Did it when you ran it?

[dedndave]

SHR is shift right
JC is Jump if Carry
short tells the assembler it is a short forward reference (eliminates a NOP, is all)
OR - is logical OR - i use it to test the register value for zero

this is Randall Hyde's online instruction reference - very handy
http://www.arl.wustl.edu/~lockwood/class/cs306/books/artofasm/Chapter_6/CH06-1.html

i had to update that link
there is a file that goes with ML.exe named ML.err
it has all the error text used by that version of ML
i fixed the d/l link - you may want to d/l - once more - lol - sorry about that

[veronicak5678]

That reference looks great! Thank you. I have been looking for a good one.

I re-downloaded, and now I have both files, but the .exe still dies. Argh!

[dedndave]

lol - dang !
i dunno what to tell you - it runs here
i d/l'ed it and tested it
it may be something like this....
you type in ML
it runs the one that is in the PATH environment variable
the one you think you are running is not being executed
i don't suppose you know what a PATH environment variable is ?

find the old copy(ies) and rename it to ML_OLD.exe then try again

[veronicak5678]

No, I don't know what a Path environment variable is. I'm sorry! I renamed it, but to no avail.

[dedndave]

what version of windows are you using
well - let me upload version 6.14 - give me a few

try this one - version 6.14
http://www.4shared.com/file/139764026/1efb639b/ml614.html

[veronicak5678]

XP Home edition version 2002 SP2

Same thing happened!

Please don't worry anymore. I've taken so much of your time. I really appreciate all your help. I am going to have dinner and I will fool around with this some more later and tomorrow. I will most likely be back with all sorts of questions.

[MichaelW]

I re-downloaded, and now I have both files, but the .exe still dies.

By dies, do you mean that it closes immediately?

[veronicak5678]

Yes. I see it flash open, then a split second later it closes by itself.