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Q46996: PRB: L1074 Groupname: "Group Larger Than 64K Bytes" Error

Article: Q46996
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:4.x,5.01,5.02,5.03,5.05,5.1,5.11,5.13,5.15,5.3,5.31.009,5.5,5.6
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, versions 4.x, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.05, 5.1, 5.11, 5.13, 5.15, 5.3, 5.31.009, 5.5, 5.6 
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SYMPTOMS
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An attempt to link an application fails and Microsoft LINK generates the
following message:

  L1074 groupname: group larger than 64K bytes

CAUSE
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The size of the DGROUP segment (the default data segment) exceeds 64K.

RESOLUTION
==========

There are four methods to resolve the data segment overflow with Microsoft C and
Microsoft QuickC, as follows:

1. Specify a smaller value for the stack size.

   - In the QuickC environment, choose Make from the Options menu, choose
     Linker Flags, and choose Stack Size.

   - In the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) environment, choose Link Options from
     the Options menu, then choose Stack Size.

   - On the LINK command line, specify the /ST:decnum option switch, where
     "decnum" is the size of the requested stack as a decimal number.

   - On the C command line, specify the /F hexnum option switch, where "hexnum"
     is the size of the requested stack as a hexadecimal number.

2. Specify the FAR keyword for data declarations to remove the data from
  DGROUP.

  Note: In the small and medium memory models, functions of the Microsoft
  run-time libraries cannot access data removed from DGROUP in this manner. The
  application must copy the far data to a near heap location before using a
  run-time library routine with this data.

3. Compile the application in the compact, large, or huge memory model and
  specify the /GtX compiler option switch where "X" is the data threshold in
  decimal format. Any data item larger than "X" bytes is removed from DGROUP
  into a far data segment.

  Note: In QuickC version 2.5 and in PWB versions 1.0 and later, it is not
  necessary to leave the environment. Specify the /Gt option switch in the
  Additional Options field for the compiler.

4. Reduce the amount of data declared in the program. In an application
  developed for the compact, large, or huge memory models, try dynamically
  allocating space for the data. In the small and medium memory models, you can
  use _fmalloc() to dynamically allocate memory outside DGROUP; however, as
  stated in method number 2 above, the run-time libraries do not work with this
  data.

  Reduce the amount of string literals in the default data segment by reading
  strings from a data file at run time, or, in C version 5.0, by specifying the
  /Gt option switch to move string literals form the _CONST segment in DGROUP
  into a far segment.

Additional query words: 2.50 4.10 5.00 5.10 5.30 5.50 5.60

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbLINKSearch kbLINK4xDOSSearch kbLINK503DOS kbLINK510DOS kbLINK511DOS kbLINK513DOS kbLINK515DOS kbLINK530DOS kbLINK53109DOS kbLINK550DOS kbLINK560DOS kbLINK505DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:4.x,5.01,5.02,5.03,5.05,5.1,5.11,5.13,5.15,5.3,5.31.009,5.5,5.6

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