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Q93004: BUG: QuickHelp Paste Topic Command Pastes Two Extra Lines

Article: Q93004
Product(s): Microsoft Programming Utilities
Version(s): MS-DOS:1.7,1.83
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft QuickHelp for MS-DOS, versions 1.7, 1.83 
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SYMPTOMS
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After pasting an example program from the Microsoft QuickHelp utility, compiling
the program generates the following errors, possibly among others:

  settime.c(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{'
  before ':'
  settime.c(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';'
  before ':'
  settime.c(81) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';'
  before '-'

SETTIME.C is the example program to demonstrate the _dos_getdate() function.

CAUSE
=====

These errors are caused by the following two lines which are pasted into the
file with the QuickHelp utility:

  Topic: SETTIME.C

  -and-

  -<>-

The "<>" symbol in the second line is the character 0x04 that indicates the
end of the topic.

RESOLUTION
==========

Modify the file to comment out or delete the two lines indicated above before
compiling the example program.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickHelp versions 1.7 and 1.83.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 1.70 1.83 ENDUSER | buglist1.70 buglist1.83

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbQBASICSearch kbQuickHelpSearch kbQuickHelp170DOS kbQuickHelp183DOS
Version           : MS-DOS:1.7,1.83

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