Asteroids: Here we go

[FORTRANS]

the easy way......

assemble the .IF version
disassemble the resulting EXE using \masm32\bin\dumpbin.exe

Hi,

   Why do you think that is easier than producing a listing?

Regards,

Steve N.

[dedndave]

i guess you can go that way too - lol
i have a "dis.bat" batch file that makes it pretty fast   :P

[sewardsb]

Thanks for the suggestions on switch statements and de-compiling, but I'm not sure that I can do either. Like I initially posted, I really am bogged down to the bare minimum of using Irvine32. I can compile my solution to produce an .exe in the debug folder, but all other files are object or tlog files.

[dedndave]

ML.exe can produce listing files by adding "/Fl" to the command line option switches
that's an "F" and a lower-case "L"

for DumpBin...
DumpBin /DISASM YourProgram.exe

normally, you want a text file, so....
DumpBin /DISASM /OUT:SomeFile.txt YourProgram.exe

when it's done, i think you may have to press the enter key to get past the Pause

[Magnum]

l and | are kind of similar. (lower case L and -----?)

I am curious as to what the second symbol is ?

I think I have used that symbol in some assembly code and for starting multiple windows in Firefox.

Andy

[dedndave]

i always called it a "pipe symbol" because DOS used it to pipe commands   :P
try googling "glidus"

[sewardsb]

Question 5: Is there a way to generate a system sound (even just a beep from something like the sound gate)? I've looked everywhere for anything related to Irvine32/Masm, and the closest I could find was to get the object file from a higher language, include that file, and call the func in assembly.

I found http://2k8618.blogspot.com/2010/04/beep-sound-1-assembly-language-masm.html this old link, but I am unsure of the .model TINY directive and .STARTUP alternative directive being used, and if they are even needed with MASM. I use both the data and code segments respectively. I also tried implementing this code, but the syntax is completely different.

[dedndave]

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    INVOKE  Beep,800,40
800 is the tone frequency
40 is the duration in mS
Beep does not work under Vista
under Vista, you want to use MessageBeep

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680356%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

for example:

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    INVOKE  MessageBeep,MB_EXCLAMATION
the sounds for each type are user selectable (control panel, sounds)

there are other ways to makes sounds, using MultiMedia functions
you could also store a WAV file in resource and call PlaySound

[sewardsb]

I haven't really gotten into including files. If I am running on Win7 or 8 and have Irvine32 MASM running in visual studio, do I need to include any C++ files in my solution/.asm file for the Beep/MessageBeep operand to work (looks like it requires User32.lib)?  :redface:

Update: Beep is undefined

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INCLUDE Irvine32.inc
INCLUDELIB Kernel32.Lib
INCLUDELIB User32.Lib

extrn ExitProcess@4 : PROC    ;this std func works.. is there one for Beep?

.data
;vars here

.code
;main here

GenerateBeep proc
INVOKE Beep, 800, 40
ret
GenerateBeep endp


[dedndave]

all you should need is a PROTOtype

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Beep  PROTO :DWORD,:DWORD
same is true for ExitProcess, except it only has one DWORD parm

now, if you have to declare the EXTRN, it's similar to ExitProcess, but change the 4 to an 8
that value represents the number of bytes pushed for parameters

[Magnum]

Does BEEP work under Win 7  and 8 ?

Andy

[GoneFishing]

It works under Win 8 if only I turn on speakers (the built-in speaker is always silent)

[dedndave]

Beep works on all but Vista, as far as i know
something about the drivers
don't recall the details because i don't plan on using Vista   :lol:

[jj2007]

It works under Win 8 if only I turn on speakers (the built-in speaker is always silent)

Same for Win7-32.

[sewardsb]

Thanks for chiming in everyone! It can confirm I got it working on Win8 with the speaker on