ALP Programming Guide and Reference

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ALP Programming Guide and Reference
About this Reference Assembly Language Processor (ALP) Overview Installation Understanding ALP Using ALP Language Elements Declarations Expressions Text Preprocessor Assembler Directives Processor Reference Assembler Messages Return Codes Notices

The Assembly Language Processor (ALP) is an assembler that runs under OS/2 Warp. ALP is a functional replacement for the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) and accepts:

• The full syntax of the Intel 80X86 architecture
• The full syntax of the MASM 5.10 high-level directive language
• A subset of the MASM 6.00 high-level directive language

ALP generates standard Object Module Format (OMF) files that can be linked to produce DOS or OS/2 executables. It can also generate symbolic debugging information compatible with the IBM family of source code debuggers. A MASM 5.10-compatible command line utility (MASM2ALP) is also provided to enable use of ALP with little or no change to existing build environments.

ALP also offers a rich set of command line options, as well as a comprehensive listing output capability that is highly configurable, allowing a visual perspective not possible with other assemblers.

Editions

• alpref.inf (Mar 1997)
• alpref.inf (Oct 1997)
• alpref.inf (Feb 2000)
• Web Book (Feb 2000)