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Q46016: C2018: Unknown Characters During Compile

Article: Q46016
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 10-OCT-1989

Problem:

When I copied an example from the QuickC Advisor (on-line help) and
tried to compile it, I received errors with one of the following
messages:

   volume.c(2) : error C2018 : unknown character '0xc4'
or
   volume.c(1) : error C2018 : unknown character '0x11'

Response:

It is possible to actually copy the Advisor header along with the
sample program. The example screens have a list of help buttons, e.g.
<Contents> or <Index>, separated from the sample program by a line
consisting of the ASCII extended character '0xc4'. If you mistakenly
copy either of these two lines from the help screen, the compiler
shows the error C2018.

To prevent this problem, delete the Advisor header lines from your
source file.

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