what to do

[nobody]

I have made my first program, and I have downloaded NASM, and I was wondering how to compile the program. I am running Windows

[Frank Kotler]

Depends of which output format your first program is designed for. Nasm will make a dos .com file all by itself (will make a PE all by itself, too, but you probably don't want to). You will probably want to assemble your program using Nasm, and link it into an executable with a linker - possibly using a C compiler to call the linker for you. What other tools have you got?

Take a look at the nearby "who can compile it?" and other threads to get some ideas. If that doesn't help, give us a better idea what you're trying to do.

Best,
Frank

[nobody]

but how do i get to that assemble step? linking comes second, I just want a window to come up that says hello world, I don't care yet about linking it and turning it into an executable

[Frank Kotler]

nasm -f win32 myprog.asm

But if you want a window to come up and say "hello world", you're going to have to turn it into an executable some way. Nasm will do this in one step "nasm -f bin -o myfile.exe myfile.asm"... *if* you've got the proper code to create the header, etc. I doubt if you do, but we really don't know what your "first program" is.

Best,
Frank