Setting up RadASM
I’ve recently ventured back into the realm of HLA and Assembly Language programming. One of the tools I’ve decided to finally get set up correctly is RadASM written by Ketil O. It’s really quite a remarkable IDE written entirely in ASM for developing ASM applications. It is also flexible enough to work with several flavors of assembly language including MASM, FASM, NASM, GoASM, TASM, and HLA. It’s definitely more suited to MASM/MASM32 development, but he has done a fantastic job of expanding the capabilities and including default setups for each of the language syntax’s mentioned.
Another related IDE is Sevag Krikorian’s HIDE which I believe uses some of the RadASM dll’s as well. Sevag’s IDE is not as feature-rich as RadASM but it has the distinct advantage of being extremely easy to get setup and it is made specifically for HLA development. He has also included his own versions of the HLA command-line executable and his own make tool. Nice job.
I’ve decided to stick with RadASM for a couple of reasons. 1) I liked the general feel of the tool a little better. The HIDE windows were separated and it didn’t suit my development style. 2) I was interested in some of the more advanced capabilities of the RadASM tool set. However, I have taken to learning a great deal from HIDE, and I suggest anyone interested in HLA development should take a serious look at it.
The steps that follow are my notes taken after a successful install and setup of the RadASM environment for the FreeHLA system.
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