struct with pre-initialized values crashes

[usingMasm]

It works without the UNION. Apparently M$ had that problem earlier and didn't fix it properly:
FIX: A2138, A2036 or Hang, Init Nested Structure Array

We may have never noticed this bug because most members don't use initialised structures.

the fix has apparently not fixed it. I am using the latest masm. and the struct doesn't have any dup operator. it seems 13 is as many members as can be initialized.

[usingMasm]

it is worse than that. declaring "shellinfo SHELLEXECUTEINFO <>" in .data section and filling the members with code assembles but causes system crash. seems it is accessing some forbidden memory sections. only .data? section works.

[jj2007]

It works without the UNION. Apparently M$ had that problem earlier and didn't fix it properly:
FIX: A2138, A2036 or Hang, Init Nested Structure Array

We may have never noticed this bug because most members don't use initialised structures.

the fix has apparently not fixed it. I am using the latest masm. and the struct doesn't have any dup operator. it seems 13 is as many members as can be initialized.

It works perfectly with 15 members if you redefine the structure without the UNION. Tested with ml 6.15, 9.0 and JWasm.

[usingMasm]

It works without the UNION. Apparently M$ had that problem earlier and didn't fix it properly:
FIX: A2138, A2036 or Hang, Init Nested Structure Array

We may have never noticed this bug because most members don't use initialised structures.

the fix has apparently not fixed it. I am using the latest masm. and the struct doesn't have any dup operator. it seems 13 is as many members as can be initialized.

It works perfectly with 15 members if you redefine the structure without the UNION. Tested with ml 6.15, 9.0 and JWasm.

it assembles but ShellExecuteEx returns access denied.

[drizz]

most members don't use initialised structures.

Speak for yourself please  :snooty:

unions are initialized the same way as structures, see here (jj take notes  :wink):
http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=10272.msg75289#msg75289

shellinfo SHELLEXECUTEINFO <60,SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS,0,0,firefox,url,0,SW_MAXIMIZE,0,0,0,0,0,<0>,0>

it assembles but ShellExecuteEx returns access denied.

And you tried running it as an Administrator?

[usingMasm]

most members don't use initialised structures.

Speak for yourself please  :snooty:

unions are initialized the same way as structures, see here (jj take notes  :wink):
http://www.masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=10272.msg75289#msg75289

shellinfo SHELLEXECUTEINFO <60,SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS,0,0,firefox,url,0,SW_MAXIMIZE,0,0,0,0,0,<0>,0>

it assembles but ShellExecuteEx returns access denied.

And you tried running it as an Administrator?

Thanks a lot.
shellinfo SHELLEXECUTEINFO <60,SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS,0,0,firefox,url,0,SW_MAXIMIZE,0,0,0,0,0,<0>,0>

works perfect.

[jj2007]

(jj take notes  :wink)

I will, thanks :U

[dedndave]

very cool Drizz - thanks for the help
i will take notes also   :P