help please with GetFileAttributesEx

[john klosak]

writing in MASM32 for windowsXP

I need to obtain a FileTime for an existing file

code:
invoke GetFileAttributesEx,ADDR <filename>,GetFileExInfoStandard,ADDR WFD

GetFileExInfoStandard does not seem to be defined and I get a compile error.
I'm afraid I dont know where to find the value for this parameter to input.
I looked in winbase.h but unsuccessful. winbase.inc doesnt exist.

any help in defining or clarifying this parameter would be very appreciated


thanks

John Klosak

[Gary Chanson]

Post by john klosak
writing in MASM32 for windowsXP
I need to obtain a FileTime for an existing file
invoke GetFileAttributesEx,ADDR <filename>,GetFileExInfoStandard,ADDR WFD
GetFileExInfoStandard does not seem to be defined and I get a compile error.
I'm afraid I dont know where to find the value for this parameter to input.
I looked in winbase.h but unsuccessful. winbase.inc doesnt exist.
any help in defining or clarifying this parameter would be very appreciated

GetFileExInfoStandard is defined as:

typedef enum _GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS {
GetFileExInfoStandard,
GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
} GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS;

It's actual value is 0.

[john klosak]

Thanks for the below but it doesnt help me with MASM32 programming
where do I declare this typedef??
how do you know the value of GetFileExInfoStandard == 0??
if you could let me know the above it would clarify alot.
thanks again
John Klosak

Post by Gary Chanson

Post by john klosak
writing in MASM32 for windowsXP
I need to obtain a FileTime for an existing file
invoke GetFileAttributesEx,ADDR <filename>,GetFileExInfoStandard,ADDR WFD
GetFileExInfoStandard does not seem to be defined and I get a compile error.
I'm afraid I dont know where to find the value for this parameter to input.
I looked in winbase.h but unsuccessful. winbase.inc doesnt exist.
any help in defining or clarifying this parameter would be very appreciated

typedef enum _GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS {
GetFileExInfoStandard,
GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
} GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS;
It's actual value is 0.
--
-GJC [MS Windows SDK MVP]
-Software Consultant (Embedded systems and Real Time Controls)
- http://www.mvps.org/ArcaneIncantations/consulting.htm

[David J. Craig]

If you don't know how C works, then you will find using MASM under Windows
almost impossible. There are almost no conversions of .h files to .inc.
There is an old utility, h2inc, that will translate some of them.

Post by john klosak
Thanks for the below but it doesnt help me with MASM32 programming
where do I declare this typedef??
how do you know the value of GetFileExInfoStandard == 0??
if you could let me know the above it would clarify alot.
thanks again
John Klosak

Post by Gary Chanson

Post by john klosak
writing in MASM32 for windowsXP
I need to obtain a FileTime for an existing file
invoke GetFileAttributesEx,ADDR <filename>,GetFileExInfoStandard,ADDR WFD
GetFileExInfoStandard does not seem to be defined and I get a compile error.
I'm afraid I dont know where to find the value for this parameter to input.
I looked in winbase.h but unsuccessful. winbase.inc doesnt exist.
any help in defining or clarifying this parameter would be very appreciated

typedef enum _GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS {
GetFileExInfoStandard,
GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
} GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS;
It's actual value is 0.
--
-GJC [MS Windows SDK MVP]
-Software Consultant (Embedded systems and Real Time Controls)
- http://www.mvps.org/ArcaneIncantations/consulting.htm

[john klosak]

Actually I have programmed in Windows with MASM32 for quite few years now
and am doing well selling a billing program for medical offices. I know a
modest amount of C++ as for some scanning capability I could not do that in
MASM but for most everything else its very functional.

thanks again

John Klosak

Post by David J. Craig
If you don't know how C works, then you will find using MASM under Windows
almost impossible. There are almost no conversions of .h files to .inc.
There is an old utility, h2inc, that will translate some of them.

Post by john klosak
Thanks for the below but it doesnt help me with MASM32 programming
where do I declare this typedef??
how do you know the value of GetFileExInfoStandard == 0??
if you could let me know the above it would clarify alot.
thanks again
John Klosak

Post by Gary Chanson

Post by john klosak
writing in MASM32 for windowsXP
I need to obtain a FileTime for an existing file
invoke GetFileAttributesEx,ADDR <filename>,GetFileExInfoStandard,ADDR WFD
GetFileExInfoStandard does not seem to be defined and I get a compile error.
I'm afraid I dont know where to find the value for this parameter to input.
I looked in winbase.h but unsuccessful. winbase.inc doesnt exist.
any help in defining or clarifying this parameter would be very appreciated

typedef enum _GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS {
GetFileExInfoStandard,
GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
} GET_FILEEX_INFO_LEVELS;
It's actual value is 0.
--
-GJC [MS Windows SDK MVP]
-Software Consultant (Embedded systems and Real Time Controls)
- http://www.mvps.org/ArcaneIncantations/consulting.htm

[Tim Roberts]

Post by john klosak
Thanks for the below but it doesnt help me with MASM32 programming
where do I declare this typedef??
how do you know the value of GetFileExInfoStandard == 0??
if you could let me know the above it would clarify alot.

If no specific values are given, the symbols in a C enumeration type are
assigned starting at 0. GetFileExInfoStandard is 0, GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
is 1.

[john klosak]

Thanks
thats exactly the bit of information i needed.
John Klosak

Post by Tim Roberts

Post by john klosak
Thanks for the below but it doesnt help me with MASM32 programming
where do I declare this typedef??
how do you know the value of GetFileExInfoStandard == 0??
if you could let me know the above it would clarify alot.

If no specific values are given, the symbols in a C enumeration type are
assigned starting at 0. GetFileExInfoStandard is 0, GetFileExMaxInfoLevel
is 1.
--
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc

[#2pencil]

You have like this...

push WFD
push GetFileExInfoStandard
push ADDR <filename>
call GetFileAttributesEX

You need to do like this...

.data
szAttrib db "GetFileExInfoStandard",0
szFile db "C:\yourfilewithpath.txt",0

push WFD
push OFFSET szAttrib ;GetFileExInfoStandard
push OFFSET szFile
call GetFileAttributesEx

HTH
-#2pencil-
http://www.akroncdnr.com

[Tim Roberts]

Post by #2pencil
You have like this...
push WFD
push GetFileExInfoStandard
push ADDR <filename>
call GetFileAttributesEX
You need to do like this...
.data
szAttrib db "GetFileExInfoStandard",0
szFile db "C:\yourfilewithpath.txt",0
push WFD
push OFFSET szAttrib ;GetFileExInfoStandard
push OFFSET szFile
call GetFileAttributesEx

This is completely wrong. Please do not offer advice if you are just
guessing. There have already been two correct answers to this. The first
sample is quite right, as long as he adds this:

GetFileExInfoStandard equ 0

[#2pencil]

I didn't mean to miss-lead. When I made my post there was no answer
yet. Maybe since I post through deja there is lag.

Again, I'm sorry.
-#2pencil-