Q49393: Example of Passing User-Defined Type from BASIC to MASM (Near)

Article: Q49393
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom H_MASM S_QuickASM | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 5-SEP-1990

The two programs shown below demonstrate how a Microsoft BASIC program
passes a user-defined type to assembly language by near reference.

This information about interlanguage calling applies to QuickBASIC
versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for MS-DOS, to Microsoft BASIC Compiler
versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and MS OS/2, and to Microsoft BASIC
Professional Development System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10 for
MS-DOS and MS OS/2.

For more information about passing other types of parameters between
BASIC and MASM, search in the Software/Data Library for the following
word:

   BAS2MASM

Code Example
------------

The following BASIC program is UNEAR.BAS, which passes a user-defined
type to assembly language by near reference:

   DEFINT A-Z
   TYPE mixed
      i AS INTEGER
      l AS LONG
      s AS SINGLE
      d AS DOUBLE
      fx AS STRING * 19
   END TYPE
   DECLARE SUB MasmSub (dummy AS mixed)
   DIM dummy AS mixed
   CLS
   PRINT "Calling assembly routine to fill the user-defined type."
   CALL MasmSub(dummy)
   PRINT "Values in user-defined type:"
   PRINT "Integer: ", dummy.i
   PRINT "Long: ", dummy.l
   PRINT "Single: ", dummy.s
   PRINT "Double: ", dummy.d
   PRINT "fixed-length String: ", dummy.fx
   END

The following program is AUNEAR.ASM, which gets a BASIC user-defined
type by near reference and copies data into it:

.MODEL MEDIUM
          usrdefType   STRUC
                       iAsm       DW 10
                       lAsm       DD 43210
                       sAsm       DD 32.10
                       dAsm       DQ 12345.67
                       fxAsm      DB 'Fixed-length string'
          usrdefType   ENDS
.DATA
          AsmRec usrdefType <>

          PUBLIC MasmSub
MasmSub   PROC
          push bp
          mov  bp,sp            ; set stack frame
          push es
          push di
          push si
          push cx
          push ds
          pop  es

          mov di,[bp+6]         ; get offset of user-defined type
          mov si,OFFSET AsmRec  ; set up for copy
          mov cx,37             ; size of structure
          rep movsb             ; copy values to BASIC variable

          pop cx
          pop si
          pop di
          pop es
          pop bp
          ret 2
MasmSub   ENDP
          END

To demonstrate these programs from an .EXE program, compile and link
as follows:

   BC UNEAR.BAS;
   MASM UANEAR.ASM;
   LINK UNEAR UANEAR;

UNEAR.EXE produces the following output:

   Integer:   10
   Long:      43210
   Single:    32.10
   Double:    12345.67
   fixed-length String:  Fixed-length string

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