Very simple LoadLibrary/GetProcAddress/FreeLibrary Example.

[hutch--]

I did this small example for another context but its useful code to know. Because the "invoke" call is a MASM macro it can directly use the address from GetProcAddress.

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    include \masm32\include64\masm64rt.inc

    .code

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entry_point proc

    LOCAL hLib  :QWORD                                  ; loal handle for DLL
    LOCAL mbox  :QWORD                                  ; local handle for procedure

    mov hLib, rv(LoadLibrary,"user32.dll")              ; load the DLL
    test rax, rax                                       ; test if it exists
    jnz @F
    .exit                                               ; exit on zero if it does not
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    mov mbox, rv(GetProcAddress,hLib,"MessageBoxA")     ; get the procedure address
    test rax, rax                                       ; test if it exists
    jnz @F
    .exit                                               ; exit on zero if it does not
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  ; ------------------
  ; call the procedure
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    invoke mbox,0,"Win64 : LoadLibrary : GetProcAddress", \
                " Isn't MASM Beautiful",MB_OK

    invoke FreeLibrary,hLib                             ; release the library

    .exit

entry_point endp

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    end

[jj2007]

Your information is very interesting. It makes me want to participate in this conversation.

Your post makes me think that Hutch throws bots out faster than the speed of light ;)

[hutch--]

Its not that fast but not far of it.  :P

[jj2007]

A propos fast, do you know Jeff Dean (programmer at Google)?

14. Jeff Dean was forced to invent asynchronous APIs one day when he optimized a function so that it returned before it was invoked.
21. When Jeff Dean fires up the profiler, loops unroll themselves in fear.
35. Jeff Dean once shifted a bit so hard, it ended up on another computer.

We can learn from that guy ;)