Q63321: C 6.00 STARTUP.DOC Requests Wrong MASM Version

Article: Q63321
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00   | 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 25-JUL-1990

The Microsoft C version 6.00 STARTUP.DOC, under the "C Runtime Library
Startup Sources" section, states that in order to build the start-up
object files, MASM version 5.00 or later is required. However, when
using MASM 5.00, the following error

   A2009: symbol not defined: @F

is produced. To work around this problem, two lines in CRT0DAT.ASM
must be changed. Lines 701 and 703, which involve a jump to @F, should
be changed as demonstrated below.

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

Line 701:      jne    @F           (jump forward to @F)
should read    jne    FOO          (where foo is any symbol
                                    other than @F)

Line 703:      @@:
should read    FOO:

This problem does not occur when MASM version 5.10 or later is used.

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