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Q42668: "Statement Illegal in TYPE Block" Using F7 in QB.EXE Debug

Article: Q42668
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | SR# S890309-14 B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 15-DEC-1989

The following information applies to QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b,
and 4.50, to the QB.EXE programs supplied with Microsoft BASIC
Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and OS/2, and to the
QBX.EXE environment supplied with the BASIC PDS Version 7.00 for
MS-DOS and MS OS/2.

The F7 function in the QB.EXE editor/debugger causes the program to
execute up to the current location of the cursor. If you attempt to
execute a program using F7 while the cursor is inside a user-defined
TYPE...END TYPE block, the error message "Statement illegal in TYPE
block" is returned. This only happens the first time that the program
is executed.

Code Example
------------

TYPE USER
   ANYDATA AS INTEGER
END TYPE
CLS

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