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Q84786: MPC MP1010 or MP4002 Error, No P-Code in Application

Article: Q84786
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:7.0,8.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Make P-Code Utility for MS-DOS and Windows, versions 7.0, 8.0 
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SUMMARY
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The MAKE P-CODE utility (MPC) is required to make a p-code executable or a
dynamic-link library (DLL) usable. Different messages are displayed if MPC is
run on an executable that does not contain p-code, depending on whether the .EXE
is targeted for MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows.

When MPC is run on a Windows executable or DLL that does not contain p-code, the
following warning is produced:

  warning MP4002: file contains no p-code : 'filename'

However, when MPC is run on an MS-DOS executable that does not contain p-code,
the following error is produced:

  fatal error MP1010: 'filename' is not a segmented executable file

MORE INFORMATION
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Windows executables are always segmented. A typical MS-DOS executable is
non-segmented. However, compiling an MS-DOS application with /Oq and linking
with /PCODE produces a segmented executable. Therefore, MPC expects a segmented
executable as input. An MS-DOS executable without p-code is not a segmented
executable, hence the MP1010 error.

The final MS-DOS p-code executable produced by MPC is not segmented, even though
the non-runnable version produced by the linker is segmented. Therefore, the
MP1010 error may also be generated by MPC if it is passed a runnable MS-DOS
p-code executable as input.

Additional query words: kbinf 7.00 8.00 pcode

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword2 kbMakePCode kbZNotKeyword3 kbMakePcode700 kbMakePcode800
Version           : MS-DOS:7.0,8.0

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