use of register assumed to ERROR

[Magnum]

I have never seen this Error on a .While statement.

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invoke RegisterClassEx, addr wc ; register our window class

invoke CreateWindowEx,NULL,ADDR ClassName,ADDR AppName,WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,CW_USEDEFAULT,
CW_USEDEFAULT,280,150,NULL,NULL,hInstance,NULL ; Create the window
mov hwnd,eax

invoke ShowWindow, hwnd,CmdShow ; display our window
invoke UpdateWindow, hwnd

.WHILE TRUE ;  use of register assumed to ERROR

invoke GetMessage, ADDR msg,NULL,0,0
.BREAK .IF (!eax)
invoke TranslateMessage, ADDR msg
invoke DispatchMessage, ADDR msg
.ENDW


[Magnum]

I have two errors.

Can someone help me ?

                MOV al, [esi]

               .IF al > 29h

1st error here .IF al AND al, 0Fh

2nd error here  .IF al SUB al, 55    ; problem here
                ADD byte ptr [edx+ecx], al


C:\masm32\SOURCE\fixer1.asm(365) : error A2008: syntax error : ,

C:\masm32\SOURCE\fixer1.asm(400) : error A2008: syntax error : SUB

[dedndave]

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1st error here .IF al AND al, 0Fh

i think you mean this...

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.if al&0Fh
which is essentially the same as

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test al,0Fh
jz  @F

this one - i am not sure what you are trying to do

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2nd error here  .IF al SUB al, 55    ; problem here
but - see if this makes sense...

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sub al,55
.if !ZERO?
which is the same as

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sub al,55
jz @F


maybe i am reading you wrong, and you want these...

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.if al
and al,0Fh
.endif
that doesn't really make sense
because, if AL is 0 to begin with, ANDing it won't change its' value

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.if al
sub al,55
.endif


i had trouble with these - and i am still not super-comfortable with .IF/.ELSEIF/.ELSE/.ENDIF syntax
what i do is write what i think it should be, then look at the disassembled code

[Magnum]

Thanks Dave.

I am down to one error.
Sorry it looks sloppy right now.

Stayed up late.

C:\masm32\SOURCE\reparieren.asm(438) : fatal error A1010: unmatched block nesting : .if-.repeat-.while

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WndProc endp

; Change a string to its byte equivalent.
; Use only numbers, and uppercase letters

Convert proc LpBuffer:DWORD,LpString:DWORD

push eax
push esi
push ecx
push edx
mov esi, LpBuffer
mov edx, LpString
xor ecx, ecx

MORE :

MOV al, [esi]

.IF al > 29h

;.IF al AND al, 0Fh
.if al&0Fh


IMUL eax, 10h

.ELSE

.IF al>64

.IF al

SUB al, 55

IMUL eax, 10h

.ENDIF

.ENDIF

.ENDIF

;.ENDIF

MOV byte ptr [edx+ecx], al
INC esi
mov al, [esi]

.IF al >29h

;.IF al AND al, 0Fh

.if al&0Fh

ADD byte ptr [edx+ecx], al

.ELSE

.IF al > 64

;.IF al SUB al, 55    ; problem here

sub al,55
.if !ZERO?

ADD byte ptr [edx+ecx], al

.ENDIF

.ENDIF

;.ENDIF

;.ENDIF

.IF byte ptr [edx+ecx] != NULL

INC esi
INC ecx
JMP MORE

.ENDIF
mov StrLen2, ecx

pop edx




[dedndave]

yah - that's why they use indentation - so you can see them matched up
i am not crazy about IF/ELSE or indentation - lol

not sure where you want the .ENDIF's
but, maybe this will help...

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; Change a string to its byte equivalent.
; Use only numbers, and uppercase letters

Convert proc LpBuffer:DWORD,LpString:DWORD

    push eax
    push esi
    push ecx
    push edx
    mov esi, LpBuffer
    mov edx, LpString
    xor ecx, ecx

MORE :

    MOV al, [esi]

    .IF al > 29h

        ;.IF al AND al, 0Fh
        .if al&0Fh


            IMUL eax, 10h

        .ELSE

        .IF al>64

            .IF al

                SUB al, 55

                IMUL eax, 10h

            .ENDIF

        .ENDIF

    .ENDIF

    ;.ENDIF

    MOV byte ptr [edx+ecx], al
    INC esi
    mov al, [esi]

    .IF al >29h

        ;.IF al AND al, 0Fh

        .if al&0Fh

            ADD byte ptr [edx+ecx], al

        .ELSE

            .IF al > 64

                ;.IF al SUB al, 55    ; problem here

                sub al,55
                .if !ZERO?

                    ADD byte ptr [edx+ecx], al

                .ENDIF

            .ENDIF

        ;.ENDIF

        ;.ENDIF

            .IF byte ptr [edx+ecx] != NULL

                INC esi
                INC ecx
                JMP MORE

            .ENDIF
            mov StrLen2, ecx

            pop edx
            pop ecx
            pop esi
            pop eax
            ret

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notice that, when you have an .ELSE immediately followed by an .IF, they can be combined to .ELSEIF

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        .ELSE

            .IF al > 64

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        .ELSEIF al > 64