Q38288: Can’t Debug .COM Files in Source Mode

Article: Q38288
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.10 2.20 2.30
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 9-AUG-1989

The .COM format files created with the Microsoft Macro Assembler
cannot contain symbolic and source-line information for the CodeView
debugger. You can only debug these files in assembly mode.

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