Split Unicode into 2 lines

[Magnum]

Can this be split up into 2 lines to improve readability ?

stringpointers   BYTE "T","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a","n"," ","e","x","a","m","p","l","e","."," ","S","i","e","g","e","W","o","r","k","s"," ","2","0","1","1",0

[qWord]

yes,
example:

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lbl BYTE "xyz"
    BYTE "xyz2",0
Also, you may want to use the WSTR-macro for this declaration?

[Magnum]

I tried this but it said
C:\masm32\SOURCE\test.asm(26) : error A2050:real or BCD number not allowed

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I tried this but it said
C:\masm32\SOURCE\test.asm(26) : error A2050:real or BCD number not allowed

stringpointers BYTE "T","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a","n"," ","e","x","a","m","p","l","e"
                  BYTE  ,"."," ","S","i","e","g","e","W","o","r","k","s"," ","2","0","1","1",0



[qWord]

stringpointers   BYTE "T","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a","n"," ","e","x","a","m","p","l","e"
                  BYTE  ,"."," ","S","i","e","g","e","W","o","r","k","s"," ","2","0","1","1",0

remove the comma. Also, for Unicode, you must use WORD instead of BYTE

You know the WSTR-macro in macros.asm?:

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WSTR stringpointers,"This is an example."

[Magnum]

stringpointers   BYTE "T","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a","n"," ","e","x","a","m","p","l","e"
                  BYTE  ,"."," ","S","i","e","g","e","W","o","r","k","s"," ","2","0","1","1",0

remove the comma. Also, for Unicode, you must use WORD instead of BYTE

You know the WSTR-macro in macros.asm?:

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WSTR stringpointers,"This is an example."

Thanks Qword.

If I used WSTR with a long string, I would have to split that up into multiple lines too.

[Magnum]

I used the macro, but MyString doesn't show up.

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.data

OutputBuffer BYTE 512 dup(0)
Provider_Name BYTE 'Have no idea', 0
Failed          BYTE 'Failure, Register Event Function Returned %d.',0
Success BYTE 'Success, Register Event Function Returned %d.', 0
AppName          BYTE 'SiegeWorks 2011',0

;                      Unicode created by UniString.exe
;stringpointers WORD "T","h","i","s"," ","i","s"," ","a","n"," ","e","x","a","m","p","l","e"
;                  WORD  "."," ","S","i","e","g","e","W","o","r","k","s"," ","2","0","1","1",0

WSTR MyString,"This is an example. Siegeworks 2011"


p_string_input DWORD 0

.DATA?

hEventLog        HWND ?
dwEventDataSize WORD ?

.code

start:
invoke RegisterEventSource, 0, ADDR Provider_Name
mov hEventLog, EAX
call Display_Return_Message
lea EAX, MyString
mov p_string_input, EAX
invoke ReportEvent, hEventLog, \ ; handle to log file
1, \             ; EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
2, \ ; DATABASE_CATEGORY
0C0000101H, \ ; MSG_BAD_FILE_CONTENTS the event ID
0, \ ; NULL
1, \ ; number input strings
0, \ ; number bytes to write in word value or 0
ADDR p_string_input, \ ; ADDRess of strings
0 ; pointer to binary data or NULL
call Display_Return_Message
invoke DeregisterEventSource, hEventLog
call Display_Return_Message
invoke ExitProcess, NULL

Display_Return_Message proc

.if EAX == 0
pusha
invoke GetLastError
invoke wsprintf, ADDR OutputBuffer, ADDR Failed, EAX
invoke  MessageBox, 0, ADDR OutputBuffer, ADDR AppName, 0
popa
.endif

.if EAX != 0
invoke wsprintf, ADDR OutputBuffer, ADDR Success, EAX
invoke  MessageBox, 0, ADDR OutputBuffer, ADDR AppName, 0
.endif
ret

Display_Return_Message endp

END start


[qWord]

Provider_Name    BYTE    'Have no idea', 0 ; ???
[...]

   invoke ReportEventW, hEventLog, \      ; handle to log file
      1, \                        ; EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE
      2, \                  ; DATABASE_CATEGORY
      0C0000101H, \            ; MSG_BAD_FILE_CONTENTS the event ID
      0, \                  ; NULL
      1, \                  ; number input strings
      0, \                  ; number bytes to write in word value or 0
      ADDR p_string_input, \         ; ADDRess of strings

[Magnum]

The attachment has the source that works.

Using the WSTR macro is what isn't working for some reason.

[hutch--]

Andy,

Shortly the new version of MASM32 will be available and it has 2 different macro systems for UNICODE, a generic one and an advanced on by qWord. Both can handle strings up to 240 characters. There are other techniques for much longer strings, an external utility or store a complete unicode text in an object module.

[Magnum]

Thanks Hutch.

[dedndave]

Shortly...

a new trademark ?   :bg