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Q110598: PRB: Spontaneous Assembly and MASM 6.11 Errors

Article: Q110598
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 6.11
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.11 
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SYMPTOMS
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Using the Spontaneous Assembly version 3.0 include files with MASM 6.11 may
cause numerous A2006 (undefined symbol) or A2008 (syntax error) errors to be
generated.

CAUSE
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These errors occur because Spontaneous Assembly code incorrectly sets up the
include files to use MASM 5.1 syntax. This problem occurs with code that
assembles cleanly using MASM 6.0 or 6.1. Earlier versions of Spontaneous
Assembly may have similar problems.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Spontaneous Assembly include files check for the version of assembler being
used. These files do not specifically check for MASM 6.11, and therefore end up
setting it for MASM 5.1, which causes the errors. The version checking is done
in the Spontaneous Assembly file UTIL.INC, which can easily be corrected to work
with MASM 6.11 by making the following change:

Line 6 of UTIL.INC reads:

  ELSEIF ((@Version EQ 600) OR (@Version EQ 610))

Change it to read as follows:

  ELSEIF ((@Version EQ 600) OR (@Version EQ 610) OR (@Version EQ 611))

This adds the version test specifically for MASM 6.11. You can also change line 6
to the following

  ELSEIF (@Version GE 600)

to permit all versions of MASM 6.0 and later to be used.


Additional query words: 6.1x

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM611
Version           : :6.11

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