Hi,
There is a file called SKEL32.ZIP on the Hobbes CD and Internet site,
that shows how to use TASM to create 32bit OS/2 executables. You'll need
TASM (My Version is 3.1 that came with BORLAND C++ 3.1) and you'll need
the OS/2 toolkit ver 2.1 .
 
Here is some code to try ....
 
                    (SNIP ON THE DASHED LINES!)
------8<----OS2TASM.BAT---------------------------------8<-----------
c:\BORLANDC\bin\TASM /OI %1.ASM,,%1 >%1.ERR 
------8<--end of OS2TASM.BAT----------------------------8<-----------
 
------8<----OS2TASML.CMD--------------------------------8<-----------
OS2TASM %1
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO LINK
TYPE %1.ERR
GOTO END
:LINK
C:\OS2\LINK386 %1,,NUL,C:\Toolkt21\os2lib\os2386.lib,%1.DEF
:END
------8<--end of OS2TASML.CMD---------------------------8<-----------
 
------8<----------HELLO.DEF-----------------------------8<-----------
NAME HELLO WINDOWCOMPAT
PROTMODE
STACKSIZE 8192
------8<--end of HELLO.DEF------------------------------8<-----------
 
------8<----------HELLO.ASM-----------------------------8<-----------
;**************************************************     
;* hello.asm                                      *
;* Public Domain R.Gambrill 1995                  *  
;* modeled after Skelos32.asm by B.Magaletta 1992 *
;**************************************************
         IDEAL
         P386
         MODEL OS2 USE32 FLAT
         LARGESTACK
         STACK 8192H
 
         extrn  syscall Dos32Write:near
         extrn  syscall Dos32Beep:near
;---------
;| DATA  |
;---------
         DATASEG
 
Msg1     DB    'Hello World, This is the future. It's called OS/2!'
         DB    13,10
Msg1A    =     $-Msg1
 
count    dd    0
         ENDS
;----------------
;| MAIN PROGRAM |
;----------------
         CODESEG
HELLO:
         CALL  Dos32Write syscall,\
               1,\                  stdout handle
               OFFSET Msg1,\        ->buffer
               Msg1A,\              buffer length
               OFFSET count        ;->returned length
 
         CALL  Dos32Beep syscall,\
               100,\
               100
         RET
         ENDS
         END  HELLO
--------8<-- End of HELLO.ASM-------------------------8<---------------
 
    .... Just type "OS2TASML hello" when you have these files cut out!
 
 You may have to modify OS2TASM.BAT to reflect the location of TASM on
your system.
 
 I just found the original SKELOS32 file the other day, I mostly work
in C, and I am *very* new to OS/2, so I'm afraid I can't be of much more
help today. But this shows that it can be done!
 
 BTW, The SKELOS32.ASM can be had via internet ftp on hobbes.mnsu.edu
in  /os2/dev32/skel32.zip I got the OS2 2.1 toolkit on a promo copy of
the DevCon CD that came with Dr. Dobbs developer update newsletter.
The toolkit is also included on the IBM C++ first step CD.
 
 Good Luck!,
 
Robert Gambrill                               gambrill{at}interstate.net
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. 
Voice Phone #s           Work (816)753-2002        Home (816)756-1137


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