Article ID: 24965
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 1.25
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 1.27
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 4.0
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 4.0
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1a
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0a
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0b
This article was previously published under Q24965
SUMMARY
There are two methods of coding a jump to an absolute address. These methods are as follows:
- Use AT to create a segment template beginning at an absolute address. Then, using ORG, a label can be assigned at a specific offset. -or-
- Initialize a double word variable to the specific address.
MORE INFORMATION
The following code demonstrates both methods:
; Assembly options needed: none ASEG SEGMENT BYTE AT 0000H ORG 100 far_label LABEL FAR ASEG ENDS DATA SEGMENT WORD 'DATA' FAR_VAR DW 100,0 DATA ENDS CODE SEGMENT BYTE 'CODE' ASSUME CS:CODE, DS:DATA start: mov ax, data mov ds, ax JMP far_label ;This is the first type of jump. JMP DWORD PTR far_var ;This is the second type of jump. CODE ENDS END start
Additional query words: 1.25 1.27 3.0x 4.00 5.00 5.10 5.10a 6.00 6.00a 6.00b
Keywords: KB24965