SDK question

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 03:17:20 PM

whats the executable to compile?
why is there NO 'getting started' file in the intro or lamer basics in the README?

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 03:26:57 PM

Not one of the applications in this directory compiles, where is the README?
Who thunk this foolishness up?

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 03:32:58 PM

OMG, this SDK is fuqin stoopid. Every support file in the world other than a damn 'start here' button/flag/file/sumtin.....

Magnum · December 20, 2011, 03:42:46 PM

The examples are in C:\masm32\examples directories.

Start Qeditor.exe and load one of them up.

jj2007 · December 20, 2011, 03:43:08 PM

Wow, 150 posts already, and you have not yet setup your Masm32 installation??
::)

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 08:11:36 PM

I have been on Irvine. That puter is crashed. So now I need to set up a new puter to compile and I have no Irvine disk. So TRYING to use the SDK. The start button does not exist. Where/what is the compile command line executable?
This is ridiculous.

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 08:12:52 PM

And it appears it's going to take another 150 just compile my first line of code, do we know how to answer a question or just patronize?

jj2007 · December 20, 2011, 08:40:04 PM

Just click on my signature and follow the instructions.

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 08:42:21 PM

39 Mb of useless crap installed on my harddrive and not one single file "LIKE A README" to indicate how to make it work. Found your GUI make which does me ABSOLUTELY no good. These forums don't have a d@mn thing on them about 'getting started' and the webpage is a joke if you are looking to assemble 'hello world' (which I thought was an industry standard).

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 08:47:55 PM

*smirk* that webpage ain't gonna do me any good. It wants some stoopid gui, I use telnet and ssh to my assembly machines, what's the command line option?
I have asked 6 times now....

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 08:50:53 PM

I don't need example, I need to compile my first line. What am I supposed to do with the examples???????
Sing them a Christmas carol?

jj2007 · December 20, 2011, 08:58:32 PM

Quote from: bcddd214 on December 20, 2011, 08:42:21 PM
39 Mb of useless crap installed on my harddrive

Go away. Ssshhhht!

dedndave · December 20, 2011, 09:12:01 PM

if you read the installation page, then you have a masm32 folder in the root of one of your drives
i.e., it can be any drive - but the folder must be in the root directory

it is helpful, although perhaps not required, if the masm32\bin folder is in the PATH environment variable
see here for assistance...
http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=14154.msg112459#msg112459

there are 2 useful batch files in the masm32\bin folder to get started
one is "build" and one is "assmbl"
build is for assembling GUI apps, assmbl is for assembling CONSOLE apps
if you have the bin folder in the path, you don't have to type the full path of these batch files to use them

open a console window in the same folder as the file you want to assemble
for example, if it's a console program named "MyProgram.asm"...
at the console prompt:
assmbl MyProgram

in the masm32\help folder, there are more readme's and help files than you will ever want
also, the forum search tool is quite useful :U

bcddd214 · December 20, 2011, 09:22:51 PM

solved
http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/masm.htm

hutch-- · December 20, 2011, 09:41:41 PM

If you have ever installed the MASM32 SDK then there is a magic secret in how to use it,

1. Read the opening text file at the end of the installation.
2. Start the editor "qeditor.exe" and go to the HELP menu.
3. Select the option "ASM Intro Help". RTFM !
4. Go to the "tutorial" directory and check out the "console" directory with its 7 simple examples. This is why they are there.

The MASM32 SDK is NOT Irvine, its a post 1990 protected mode development environment that properly conforms to the Intel ABI.

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