What the hell is TASM?

AGAMEMNON

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM". Then it
has a "ok" button that I can't click on but I can push enter on. Anyone
know what this means? It's really anoying me. Thanx.

-AGAMEMNON

Bob Baker

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Mar 5, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/5/97

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Shot in the dark from the past .... Turbo Assembler (Borland)?

John M. Miano

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Mar 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/6/97

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In article <331B42...@starlinknet.net>, AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> wrote:
>Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
>then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM". Then it
>has a "ok" button that I can't click on but I can push enter on. Anyone
>know what this means? It's really anoying me. Thanx.

TASM = Turbo Assembler. Borland's assembler product.
MASM = M$ Assembler

You must have a .ASM file in your project.

John

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Ronald Fischer

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Mar 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/6/97

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AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> writes:

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| Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
| then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM".

You didn't say anything about your operating environment. One thing called
TASM was (is?) the name of an assembler that Borland made for the DOZE and
WINDOZE architecture...

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Brian R.Oldham

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Mar 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/6/97

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In article <xz2sp29...@uebemc.siemens.de>, Ronald Fischer (r...@uebemc.siemens.de) writes:
>AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> writes:
>
>|
>| Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
>| then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM".
>
>You didn't say anything about your operating environment. One thing called
>TASM was (is?) the name of an assembler that Borland made for the DOZE and
>WINDOZE architecture...
>

Uh? are you sure? I think TASM (Turbo Assembler) was around long before
Windows. MS version Masm.

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Brian Oldham
Nottingham UK

Mike Griffin

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Mar 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/7/97

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Ronald Fischer wrote:
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> AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> writes:
>
> |
> | Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
> | then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM".

It's Borland's Turbo Assembler. It should either be in its own \TASM
directory or appear in \BCxx\BIN somewhere.

Mike Griffin

Andy Bober

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Mar 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/8/97

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Ronald Fischer wrote:
>
> AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> writes:
>
> |
> | Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
> | then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM".
>

> You didn't say anything about your operating environment. One thing called
> TASM was (is?) the name of an assembler that Borland made for the DOZE and
> WINDOZE architecture...
>

> --
> Ronald Otto Valentin Fischer
> business: ronald....@uebemc.siemens.de
> private: ronald....@acm.org
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ronald_fischer

Sounds like a UNIX junkie doesn't he!

Andy

Bob Weaver

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97

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Hi--
TASM is Turbo ASseMbler by Borland, and you should NOT need it unless
your project contains embedded assembler. If not, check your settings
and see if you've got the "compile via assembler" switch on (under
Compile|Options|Code Generation; if it's on, turn it off--you don't
need to go through assembly). This is if you're running BC 3.1,
which is the last version in which Borland included TASM; if you are,
run Install and you can add TASM to your installation. If not, then
I'm confused. There's an inline assembler called BASM in later BC
versions, which is what Borland should be calling if it needs to do
any assembly at all.
Bob

AGAMEMNON wrote:
>
> Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and

> then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM". Then it
> has a "ok" button that I can't click on but I can push enter on. Anyone
> know what this means? It's really anoying me. Thanx.
>

> -AGAMEMNON

Dennis Weldy

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97

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Hmm..wouldnt another name be Windoughs? ;-)
Im sure Bill thinks so

Dennis
Ronald Fischer <r...@uebemc.siemens.de> wrote in article
<xz2sp29...@uebemc.siemens.de>...

> AGAMEMNON <psyc...@starlinknet.net> writes:
>
> |
> | Whenever I try to run a project it goes through look'n for errors and
> | then a window pops open saying "Cannot find executable: TASM".
>