help with masm

[Pokerice]

Awww, I am indeed using windows 7 x64 :(

[Gunther]

Hi Pokerice,

Awww, I am indeed using windows 7 x64 :(

that's tricky. The only chance is to install a Virtual Machine. You can check that thread for details.

Gunther

[Pokerice]

Thanks Gunther, I will remember this for future use.

I also found out the problem with the demos. I wasn't doing the "console assemble and link", thus no output was shown. :lol:

*EDIT: All of a sudden, when assembling & linking, I am getting this extra file name.err. Is this an error file? (Although it runs fine)

[dedndave]

as i recall, the batch files Hutch wrote (\masm32\bin folder)
redirect the error output of ML and LINK into a text file, then display that
it may be the file you are seeing

also, since about version 6, ML has a "helper" file with the .err extension
it is filled with error message text

[Vortex]

Hi Pokerice,

If you are using Windows 7 x64 Pro, you can install Windows XP Mode.

[Pokerice]

I see, so how do I open the err file?

Unfortunately, I am using ultimate, thanks though vortex.

[dedndave]

you can always use a program like HxD to view files

http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/

it might be a plain text file, though - in which case, you can open it with NotePad
of course, you can open any file with NotePad, it may look like garbage
but, you might get some idea of what's in it

[Pokerice]

Thanks dedndave!

This might be outside of masm but is there any other way to to run/link the COM file format in windows 7 x64 Ultimate?

[Vortex]

Hi Pokerice,

This might be outside of masm but is there any other way to to run/link the COM file format in windows 7 x64 Ultimate?

The only solution is to use a virtual operating system or DOSBox.

[Pokerice]

Alright, guess there is no other choice than to download windows xp mode and virtual pc.

[Gunther]

Pokerice,

Alright, guess there is no other choice than to download windows xp mode and virtual pc.

Windows XP mode isn't bad. DosBox is a good alternative, because you can run some DOS applications in full screen mode. That's not possible with XP mode.

Gunther