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Q41583: LINK Options Can Be Specified in AUTOEXEC.BAT with SET LINK=

Article: Q41583
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00 2.01 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom SR# S890213-93 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 14-DEC-1989

LINK options can be set in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file (or in the MS-DOS
command line) as an environment variable with the statement "SET
LINK=options". The following is an example

   SET LINK=/NOE /NOI /E

where /NOE is NOEXTDICTIONARY, /NOI is NOIGNORECASE, /E is EXEPACK.

This behavior can cause some unexpected errors to occur because you
might forget what LINK switches are SET in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

If the /E [XEPACK] switch is SET within your AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE and you
attempt to create a Quick library with the /Q [UICKLIB] switch, the
following linker error is generated:

   L1003    /QUICKLIB, /EXEPACK incompatible

To make Quick libraries with /E [XEPACK] set as a LINK option, use
/NOP [ACKCODE] to turn /E [XEPACK] off.

This information applies to Microsoft QuickBASIC Versions 2.00, 2.01,
3.00, 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50, Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00
and 6.00b, and Microsoft BASIC PDS Version 7.00.

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