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Q44358: SMALLERR.OBJ Makes Smaller .EXE in QuickBASIC 4.50 and BC 6.00

Article: Q44358
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 20-DEC-1989

SMALLERR.OBJ is an object module shipped with Microsoft QuickBASIC
Version 4.50 for MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00 and
6.00b for MS-DOS and OS/2, and Microsoft BASIC PDS Version 7.00 for
MS-DOS and MS OS/2. LINKing with SMALLERR.OBJ causes your executable
program to report a limited subset of error messages, but reduces the
size of your executable file by about 2K.

SMALLERR.OBJ can be linked only with BASIC programs compiled as
stand-alone programs. Standalone programs are created with BC /O,
using BCOMxx.LIB in QuickBASIC and BASIC compiler 6.00 or 6.00b. In
BASIC PDS 7.00 you link in BCL70xxx.LIB. With all of the above, you
must LINK with the /NOE switch, as SMALLERR redefines the error report
routines in the BCOMxx or BCL70xxx library.

Linking with SMALLERR.OBJ maps all run-time error messages to one of
the following:

   "Error occurred"
   "Internal error"
   "Unprintable error"

Microsoft QuickBASIC Versions 4.00 and 4.00b were not shipped with a
SMALLERR.OBJ file. QuickBASIC Versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 2.00, 2.01,
and 3.00 were shipped with a SMALLERR.OBJ.

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