14. Assembling and Linking From the Command Line

• Start command line window on your system: Start -> Run, type cmd, then hit the Enter key.

• Command window will open.

• To build the M1.EXE program from the command window, execute the following commands:

  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
  cd C:\CIS77\Labs\M1\Debug
  ML /coff /c /Fl ..\M1.ASM
  LINK /debug /subsystem:console /entry:main /out:M1.exe M1.obj
  

• Note: on 64-bit systems the location of Visual Studio may be different:

  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat"
  

• To execute your program, type

  m1.exe
  

  at the command prompt.