Frank Kotler wrote:
> giddy wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> I'm an experienced C# programmer i also know quite a couple of other
>> things.
>>
>> I tried to learn x86 asm before and got turned off/stuck with the
>> complex compiling and the never ending types of compilers
>> (TASM,MASM,DASM??) ....
>>
>> I finally found a nice tutorial but i can't seem to compile the source
>> code!?
>> http://drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/
>>
>> I downloaded the Microsoft Source code on the bottom, but im having
>> some problems compiling it.
>> http://drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ms-ex.zip
>>
>> I've got nasm.... ....
>> In the source file itself is says:
>> ; Using MS C/C++
>> ; nasm -f win32 first.asm <-----------This works fine, i get
>> first.obj outputted.
>> ; cl first.obj driver.c asm_io.obj <---------- Were do i get cl from?
>> It didn't come with NASM??(I have the other files)
>>
>> I'm guessing cl is a linker right? How do i get it?
>
> Should be some part of "MS C/C++"... It's looking for a compiler - which
> invokes the linker... which links first.obj, driver.obj, and asm_io.obj
> into "first.exe". "driver.c", as you've probably seen, contains "main",
> and just calls "asm_main"... which is declared (as "global") in your
> "first.asm". "asm_io.obj" can be assembled with Nasm from "asm_io.asm",
> if you haven't got it... or it turns out not to be the right format.
>
> The idea of Dr. Carter's tut using C for all the I/O (that's what
> "asm_io.asm" does) is that it'll work cross platform. Works slick on
> Linux... where everybody uses gcc, pretty much. Under Windows, there's
> more choice. If "cl" isn't what you type to compile a C program, try
> whatever you *do* use. Same thing, just some of the object files are
> made from asm, not C.
>
> If for some reason the compiler you're using isn't liking Dr. Carter's
> tut, post the error messages, and we can probably fix it.
>
> Best,
> Frank
>
cl is the Microsoft C/C++ command line compiler. You can download the
free Visual Studio C++ 2008 Express program from MS to get.
http://www.microsoft.com/express/product/
You will need to open a Visual Studio Command Prompt to create a Command
window that has it's environment set up to use cl. (An entry for this
prompt is added to the Visual Studio Express start menu and to the
program's menu too.)
My tutorial assumes you are familiar with C so it doesn't cover how to
use your C compiler.
HTH
Paul Carter
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