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Title: Problem with CatStr macro
Post by: jdoe on February 13, 2007, 10:11:11 PM

Hi,

I don't know much about masm macros but I tried and I can't get it to work. What is my mistake in the code below or I should say first... is it possible ?

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MENUCREATE MACRO MenuCount:REQ
   LOCAL count
   count = 1
   WHILE count LE MenuCount
       add edi, 1
       invoke InsertMenuA, esi, %count, MF_STRING, edi, addr @CATSTR(<szMenu>,%count)
       test eax, eax
       jz No_Menu_Added
       count = count + 1
   ENDM
ENDM

The output I'm looking for is...

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add edi, 1
invoke InsertMenuA, esi, 1, MF_STRING, edi, addr szMenu1
test eax, eax
jz No_Menu_Added

add edi, 1
invoke InsertMenuA, esi, 2, MF_STRING, edi, addr szMenu2
test eax, eax
jz No_Menu_Added

...

Thanks

Title: Re: Problem with CatStr macro
Post by: MichaelW on February 14, 2007, 01:29:08 AM

The function form of CATSTR is @CatStr. I believe this statement is correct:

invoke InsertMenuA, esi, count, MF_STRING, edi, @CatStr(<addr szMenu>,%count)

Why not automate it further? You could, for example, pass the item string and have the macro add it to the data section.

Title: Re: Problem with CatStr macro
Post by: jdoe on February 16, 2007, 11:31:14 PM

Thanks Michael. Problem solved.

:U

Title: Re: Problem with CatStr macro
Post by: Vortex on February 17, 2007, 10:30:25 AM

jdoe,

Here is the complete reference for macro functions :

http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/Page_TechDocs/MASMDoc/ProgrammersGuide/Chap_09.htm

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