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Q30786: MASM 5.10 MIXED.DOC: Compatiblity with Undocumented Macros

Article: Q30786
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 17-JUN-1988

The following information is from the Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version 5.10 MIXED.DOC file.

Converting Mixed-Language Source Files
   The other macros in the MASM 5.00 version of MIXED.INC are provided
for compatibility with MASM 5.00, but are not documented. The rest of
this file discusses compatibility options for source code that uses
5.00 high-level-language macros. If you did not own MASM 5.00, you
should ignore the rest of this file. Do not use the other macros in
MIXED.INC.
   You can use the following macros if you have source code that uses
the macros provided with MASM 5.00.

   Macro      Purpose

   setModel   Sets memory model passed from a DOS command line. No
              longer needed because the expression operator now enables
              you to evaluate text macros passed from the command line
              directly.

   hProc      Initializes a procedure. Replaced by new attributes of
              the PROC directive when you specify a language argument to
              the .MODEL directive.

   hLocal     Initializes local variables. Replaced by new functionality
              of the LOCAL directive.

   hRet       Returns from a procedure. Replaced by new functionality
              of the RET instruction.

   hEndp      Terminates a procedure. Replaced by new functionality of
              the ENDP directive.

   The 5.10 versions of these macros are different than the MASM 5.00
versions. The new macros use new MASM features to simulate the same
functionality more efficiently. Do not use the MIXED.INC provided with
MASM 5.00. It will not work under MASM 5.10.

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