win32 assembly

["Paul Robson" <probson@powerup.com.au>]

Hi everyone,

I've been programming for a while, sort of in a really casual way.  I've
been trying to learn the MFC framework, with the dim hope that this may make
it a bit easier to use direct x.  fat chance!  I've seen one or two web
pages that show how to integrate it.. and it didn't look very fun.  I could
be wrong though.. I only really had time to glance at them.  Anyway, it
would probably slow it down heaps with all of the overheads that the mfc
framework imposes on an application.  don't get me wrong, MFC is good
(better than java's AWT imho) but i want to get away from it!

Anyway, I've struggled to understand how to make the document view
architecture all integrate properly.. and I'm kind of getting sick of it.
On that note, I've decided to really understand how everything works, so
I've decided to learn win32 assembly.  I have MASM, as that seems to be the
compiler of choice (and it's free).  The only problem is, the documentation
is kinda shoddy, and I've been having difficulty finding much about how to
code for win32, either in c++ or assembly.  I've looked in bookshops, and
the only programming books around seem to only have MFC stuff.. it's quite
annoying.  I really want to try to gain a bit more control over my programs
rather than rely on 'magic'.

I only realised that you could actually write programs for windows in
assembly a short time ago when I found a series of articles on gamedev.net .
They are good, but I would like to have some more information! sorry about
making this email so long.. but what I really mean by all this is:

does anyone know of any good web sites that have tutorials for using MASM
and win32 assembly language?  If not I suppose I should buy a book.. if
there are any.  I haven't tried amazon.com yet, mainly because I would have
to borrow someone's credit card.. :)

any help or suggestions would be appreciated (such as.. 'you idiot! don't
learn assembly when you can't even figure out MFC!' )

Paul Robson

PS if anyone is interested, the url for the gamedev.net win32 assembly
tutorial is
http://www.gameprog.com/reference/programming/languages/article789.asp.
That's the printable version of the web page.. can't remember the url of the
'normal' version of the page.

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