Heap APIs

[shankle]

                             8-27-2014
                     
My 1st time using the Heap Marcos
Heapcreate seems to work but HeapAlloc does not even show either
error message below.
I am trying to create a growing heap.
Suggestion would be appreciated

HeapH   dd     0

    invoke HeapCreate, HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS,10000,0
    mov [HeapH],eax

; test begin code   
;tmsg14    db  'HeapCreate seems to work',0
;tmsg15    db  'HeapCreate failed',0
   cmp eax,0h  ;if NuLL, HeapAlloc failed
    jne >>.tout
   invoke MessageBox, [hWnd],addr tmsg15,addr tmsg15,MB_OK ;true
   jmp >>.tout2
.tout
   invoke MessageBox, [hWnd],addr tmsg14,addr tmsg14,MB_OK ;true
.tout2 
; test end codecode

    invoke HeapAlloc, [HeapH],HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS | HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY,10000

; test begin code   
;tmsg10    db  'HeapAlloc seems to work',0
;tmsg11    db  'HeapAlloc failed',0
   cmp eax,0h  ;if NuLL, HeapAlloc failed
    jne >>.tout3
   invoke MessageBox, [hWnd],addr tmsg11,addr tmsg11,MB_OK ;true
   jmp >>.tout4
.tout3
   invoke MessageBox, [hWnd],addr tmsg10,addr tmsg10,MB_OK ;true
.tout4 ; test end code

[dedndave]

there should be no need to create a heap
i generally use GetProcessHeap to get the system-created "default process" heap

if you successfully allocate a heap block, you should free it when done, even for a test piece

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INVOKE  HeapFree,hHeap,lpBlock
lpBlock being the address returned by HeapAlloc

because you have specified HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS, there is no need to test for success
if it is successful, there will be a block pointer in EAX
otherwise, it will generate an exception, and the program will terminate (possibly opening the debugger)

[dedndave]

here is a piece using MASM syntax

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    .DATA?

hHeap   HANDLE ?
lpBlock LPVOID ?

    .CODE

Start:
    INVOKE  GetProcessHeap
    mov     hHeap,eax

    INVOKE  HeapAlloc,hHeap,HEAP_GENERATE_EXCEPTIONS or HEAP_ZERO_MEMORY,10000
    mov     lpBlock,eax

    INVOKE  HeapFree,hHeap,NULL,lpBlock

[Yuri]

Heapcreate seems to work but HeapAlloc does not even show either
error message below

Both work for me in your code. I see tmsg10.

[shankle]

Thanks guys for responding.
To Yuri:
I checked my code again and recompiled the program.
Same results. HeapAlloc shows nothing.
Then the dreaded C000005 error.............
This is a 64-bit program I am trying to convert from MASM32.

[qWord]

Handles are pointer types and these are 64 bit width for Windows x86-64.

[shankle]

Changing HeapH to "dq" fixed the problem but opened up another can of worms
in that it will involve several hundred changes for "PtrMem and ecx".
I will make the changes and hope for the best.

[dedndave]

i didn't think about 64-bit - i was thinking 32-bit   :P
the heap handle AND the pointer returned by HeapAlloc are both 64-bits wide