Microsoft Macro Assembler

• Command Line
• User manual (since MS is giving MASM away with their DDK's I think its ok to publish this. I can make it private if I hear otherwise)
  • Global Concepts
  • Organizing Segments
  • Using Addresses and Pointers
  • Simple Data Types
  • Complex Data Types
  • Floating-Point and Binary Coded Decimal Numbers
  • Controlling Program Flow
  • Sharing Data and Procedures Among Modules and Libraries
  • Macros
  • Writing a Dynamic-Link Library For Windows
  • Writing Memory-Resident Software
  • Mixed-Language Programming
  • Writing 32-Bit Applications
  • Differences Between MASM 6.1 and 5.1
  • BNF Grammar
  • Listings
  • Reserved Words
  • Default Segment Names
  • Glossary

x86 Instructions@, MASM Instructions, Win32Asm, Win32Prg/API,

Routine and Macro Library

Specify values with: (the decimal number 10 is shown on each line as an example)

• Binary: y. e.g. 1010y, or b if the radix is not hexadecimal. e.g. .radix 10 1010b. The default Radix is decimal.
• Octal: o or q. e.g. 12o, or 12q
• Decimal: t e.g.10t , or d if the radix is not hexadecimal. e.g. .radix 8 10d, or just the number if the radix is decimal. e.g. .radix 10 10. The default Radix is decimal.
• Hexadecimal: h. e.g. 0Ah. Digits must start with 0...9 so hex numbers starting with A...F must be prepended with a 0.

MASM (the 32bit only version) is available at no cost from Microsoft at:

http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/download/98/BINS_DDK.EXE (2.9 MBytes)
http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/download/98/98SETUP.EXE (1.9 MBytes)

After downloading each file, execute them to extract the files. Then run the setup program. MASM is the ml.exe file in the 98ddk/bin/win98 directory. It is version 6.11d that can be patched to 6.13. This is not the same as purchasing MASM product. The linker is 32 bit and will not create 16-bit DOS programs. To do this, you must have Microsoft's Linker version 5.63 that is available from Microsoft's FTP site: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/lnk563.exe. Also, neither the Programmer's Work Bench nor CodeView for debugging are included in the full DDK. Other debuggers are available free of charge from MS.

Or in a much nicer package from MASM32 specifically geared to writing win32 programs in assembler.

MAPSYM is used to convert .MAP files to .SYM symbol files suitable for a debugger.

See also:

• http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Install/Gold/W98/EN-US/98DDK.EXE win98 ddk (all required libraries)+
• spammaxtivex at yahoo.com.au refers to " http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2002/cs4455_spring/Asst2HackQuake1.htm win 98 ddk download site (no longer available via your link).
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• x86 Assembly Language FAQ - Microsoft MASM
• search MS products for Macro Assembler
• news:msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.masm
• http://csnt2.sau.edu/math_cs/testweb/computer_science/bmackie/CSCI240/CH16/UCRWIN/ Object Oriented Programming in MASM
• http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/virtuosity/452/
• http://www.fastsoftware.com/Files/A2H.zip convert ASM to HTML listings

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Comments:

• Hello... I have found a web site http://users.easystreet.com/jkirwan/new/pctools.html that has info/downloads on the 6.15 MASM version.+
• spamrichr at softhome.net

  There is another verion of MASM which is 6.14.8884 that is in the Windows 2000 DDK -- but seem microsoft has hidden that somewhere. Seems you have to be a msdn subscriber, but i know someone who is and have pulled down both Win 98 DDK and Win 2000 DDK, that i can relay on.

• http://www.codingcrew.de I just want to write that MASM32 is no longer available from www.pbq.com.au/... but from www.masm32.com
  
  Regards,
  Marty
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• After years of working on my previous companies' projects using their "business models", it's about time I got back to hard-core programming for the sake of nothing else but programming. Thanks a lot for giving me a much-needed pull in the right direction. -Arjun

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