hello,
the ML 8 don't support the masm directive record .
Record make the argument allowed (one by one) for all the source and it is a good thing to replace it.
By what is it replace ?.
ToutEnMasm
I think you can replace a record with a structure. This is what I have seen in the later PLATFORMSDK C header files.
COOL !!!
The only thing I had to change in windows.inc was the "IMPORT_OBJECT_HEADER STRUCT"
changed:
rImport ImportRec <>
to:
rImport RECORD Reserved : 11,NameType : 3,Type2 : 2
Hope this is correct ??
I just download and installed this thing and that is what I'm getting when I try to run it in CMD.EXE:
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D:\MSVC8\VC\bin>ml
Das angegebene Programm kann nicht ausgeführt werden.
D:\MSVC8\VC\bin>cl
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 14.00.50215.44 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: cl [ option... ] filename... [ /link linkoption... ]
D:\MSVC8\VC\bin>
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which translates to something like: the program cannot be run
to verify it is MASM alone I also run CL.EXE, which had no problems.
I'm sure it is me who is doing something wrong, but what? :red
And I'm sure that the binary exists:
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D:\MSVC8\VC\bin>dir *.exe
Verzeichnis von D:\MSVC8\VC\bin
23.01.2005 20:59 30.720 rc.exe
08.04.2005 21:27 290.816 clstencil.exe
08.04.2005 20:29 6.144 dumpbin.exe
08.04.2005 20:29 6.144 editbin.exe
08.04.2005 20:29 6.144 lib.exe
08.04.2005 20:29 23.552 cvtres.exe
08.04.2005 23:10 8.192 undname.exe
08.04.2005 23:10 32.768 xdcmake.exe
08.04.2005 20:30 694.272 link.exe
08.04.2005 20:30 74.240 nmake.exe
08.04.2005 23:10 61.952 bscmake.exe
08.04.2005 18:52 106.496 cl.exe
09.02.2005 22:13 743.424 mt.exe
08.04.2005 21:43 178.176 sproxy.exe
08.04.2005 21:43 60.416 vcdeploy.exe
21.04.2006 18:11 350.208 ml.exe
16 Datei(en) 2.673.664 Bytes
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I think you need to install Visual C++ (Express) before you can use MASM 8.0.
-chris
with the problem of IMPORT_OBJECT_HEADER STRUCT just add () like that and it's work !?
If i can have the way to replace a record by a structure,it would be very useful.
ToutEnMasm
ImportRec RECORD Reserved : 11,NameType : 3,Type2 : 2
IMPORT_OBJECT_HEADER STRUCT
Sig1 dw (?)
Sig2 dw (?)
Version dw (?)
Machine dw (?)
TimeDateStamp dd (?)
SizeOfData dd (?)
union
Ordinal dw (?)
Hint dw (?)
ends
rImport ImportRec <>
IMPORT_OBJECT_HEADER ENDS
> I think you need to install Visual C++ (Express) before you can use MASM 8.0.
Thanks, but where do you think do the other files come from? Possibly I have some kind of VCE prerelease with a MSVCR80.DLL which MASM 8 doesn't like and the setup program is unable to detect this condition. But having to download this package again just for such a toy seems not worth the effort.
japheth,
The download is actually worth the effort as you get the latest CL, LINK, RC as well as ML. You also get the current C libraries with the Express edition, about all you need is the platformsdk that is recommended to use with it and you have the whole box and dice. From playing with CL on pure ansi C code, it does work well and the optimisation seems to be better thought out as well.
Thanks Hutch, but as already mentioned I already downloaded the VCE and it works good. It's just that MS seemed to have modified the CRT dll a bit in the final version and made MASM rely on this version, so now the only benefit of a new download for me is to possibly have a MASM v8 available for "educational purposes". No thanks!
I just checked the msvcr80.dll from the current install to the first one I did after the Express edition was released and it is the same size and the same date.
Strange! But a quick google showed that there are quite some problems with this dll. I thought the "dll hell" is something from the far distant past.
the msvcr80.dll which is installed by my VCE is 8.00.50215.44, date 8.4.2005, size 614.400.
For example it lacks the export _except_handler4_common, which is imported by the masm v8 binary.
I installed the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86) and that was enough to run ml.exe 8.0 without downloading VC++ Express 2005
> I installed the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)
Thanks for this hint, Vortex. On my system there was the .NET Framework v2.0 Beta 2 Redist installed, which had a msvcr80.dll which doesn't work with masm v8.
Welcome to the world of "Side-by-Side DLLs". I was ranting about this issue here http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=3214.msg27207#msg27207. I put some links there that explain all this. Like Vortex said, you need to install the .NET Framework 2.0 to resolve the MSVCR80.DLL dependancy. You can't just copy MSVCR80.DLL to \Windows\System32, it won't work. If you have installed VC Express 2005, the .NET Framework is installed with that.
Edited:
If you build a native .exe with VC++ 2005, link with /MD and try to run that .exe on a machine that does not have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed, it won't run. Due to the MSVCR80.DLL dependancy.
Hi Japheth,
To download the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86), you can check the link below :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en
QuoteIf you try to run your .exe on a machine that does not have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed, it won't run.
:eek
Another option to get MSVCR80.DLL correctly installed is to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en). (I have been told).
Quote from: Vortex on June 09, 2006, 09:51:49 PM
...download the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package
Just for fun I took a look at one of the .NET samples included in their 300MB+ SDK... YEEEECCH! :dazzled: :eek
I don't claim to be an expert on this "Side-by-Side" DLL thing. I don't understand it entirely. I'm just passing along what I have read and observed.
Quote from: Greg on June 10, 2006, 12:47:27 AM
Another option to get MSVCR80.DLL correctly installed is to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package (x86) (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13-9C99-220B62A191EE&displaylang=en). (I have been told).
No, this doesn't help.
The problem is that on WinXP you just get the message that the binary cannot be run, while Win9x is displaying a far more informative MessageBox saying "the binary ml.exe is linked with the missing export "MSVCR80.DLL:_except_handler4_common".
To Vortex: Thanks, I already downloaded the .NET 2.0 Framework of course (without it I wouldn't have been able to tell that it solved the problem).
Quote from: japethNo, this doesn't help.
That's odd. It worked for Manos here (http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=4970.msg37270#msg37270) and I have had other people tell me it works.
Quote from: Greg on June 10, 2006, 05:59:58 PM
Quote from: japethNo, this doesn't help.
That's odd. It worked for Manos here (http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=4970.msg37270#msg37270) and I have had other people tell me it works.
then it obviously may help. But not on my system, which may be due to - wild guess - because I had VC express edition already installed (a pre-release).
That makes sense, the current installation says to uninstall any pre-release versions before installing the current one.
I have WindowsXP Pro and Visual Studio 6.0 Proffesional.
Also, I have installed servis pack5 for Visual Studio 6.0.
Manos.
Have a look bellow
when I run ML8.0
C:\>ML.exe
Microsoft (R) Macro Assembler Version 8.00.50727.104
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
usage: ML [ options ] filelist [ /link linkoptions]
Run "ML /help" or "ML /?" for more info
C:\>ML.exe /?
Microsoft (R) Macro Assembler Version 8.00.50727.104
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
ML [ /options ] filelist [ /link linkoptions ]
/AT Enable tiny model (.COM file) /omf generate OMF format object file
/Bl<linker> Use alternate linker /Sa Maximize source listing
/c Assemble without linking /safeseh Assert all exception
/Cp Preserve case of user identifiers handlers are declared
/Cu Map all identifiers to upper case /Sf Generate first pass listing
/Cx Preserve case in publics, externs /Sl<width> Set line width
/coff generate COFF format object file /Sn Suppress symbol-table listing
/D<name>[=text] Define text macro /Sp<length> Set page length
/EP Output preprocessed listing to stdout /Ss<string> Set subtitle
/F <hex> Set stack size (bytes) /St<string> Set title
/Fe<file> Name executable /Sx List false conditionals
/Fl[file] Generate listing /Ta<file> Assemble non-.ASM file
/Fm[file] Generate map /w Same as /W0 /WX
/Fo<file> Name object file /WX Treat warnings as errors
/FPi Generate 80x87 emulator encoding /W<number> Set warning level
/Fr[file] Generate limited browser info /X Ignore INCLUDE environment path
/FR[file] Generate full browser info /Zd Add line number debug info
/G<c|d|z> Use Pascal, C, or Stdcall calls /Zf Make all symbols public
/H<number> Set max external name length /Zi Add symbolic debug info
/I<name> Add include path /Zm Enable MASM 5.10 compatibility
/link <linker options and libraries> /Zp[n] Set structure alignment
/nologo Suppress copyright message /Zs Perform syntax check only
/errorReport:<option> Report internal assembler errors to Microsoft
none - do not send report
prompt - prompt to immediately send report
queue - at next admin logon, prompt to send report
send - send report automatically
C:\>
Manos.
It works on my machine with the redistributable stuff and I do not have VS installed or anything else. Thanks Manos.
It is because you have the framework 2 installed.
Use a debugger and look at the loaded modules.You have perhaps a line like that.
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.42_x-ww_0de06acd\MSVCR80.dll
ToutEnMasm
Another compatibility issue: masm v8 seems to not run on win9x. Or more exactly: it runs, but I get fatal error A1000: cannot open file xxx. Not nice!
I am hearing a lot of very negative things about this version of MASM. I think I will stay with 6.15
Casper says
Hello,
Is someone try to use cl with /Zi for the debugging Files ?
I cannot make it.cl say " database invalid package reinstall it"
I have ML 7.1 installed correctly,perhaps is that ?
ToutEnMasm
/Zi works on my compiler, I am using the from KMDF though.
Also, probably it's just me, but I find the KMDF (Win2003 DDK) binaries more stable.
-chris
/Zi with cl.exe works fine for me too. What exactly is the error? Are you compiling from the command-line?
Hello,
I try the two methods.With the The IDE vc ++ and with the command line to know exactly what is the problem.
The install go to the end with no errors and i have followed the instructions to use the SDK.
The SDK was installed before , i intall VC++.
Compiling a c code as asked , i see a message box saying that a package is not loaded and prompt me to use a special option for reload this package.The package isn't named.
I have only a PIII,is it enough ?
The message with the command line is
hello.cpp : fatal error C1902: Program database manager mismatch; please check your installation
ToutEnMasm
Try this:
copy mspdbsrv.exe
from
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\
to
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin\
ToutEnMasm,
I'm running a PIII 1 GHz too. The VC++ 2005 IDE is a bloated pig, but the PIII is adequate.
One thing I found is that if you are compiling from the command line, you need to run vcvars32.bat before compiling or you will get DLL errors. An alternative is to put 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE' in your PATH permanently.
I don't know if this is the problem you are having, but it is something I ran into and sounds similar.
Hello,
OK, Ihave copied the mspdbsrv.exe (with mspdb*.dll) in \ ..\bin and it work.
Thanks,ToutEnMasm