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Q148611: BUG: Unable to Load the Format Editor from Developer Studio

Article: Q148611
Product(s): Microsoft Fortran Compiler
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbFortranPS kbLangFortrankbbuglist
Last Modified: 30-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Starting the format editor from within Developer Studio causes the following
message to be displayed:

  Unable to execute C:\MSDEV\BIN\frmtedit.exe

CAUSE
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The Frmtedit.exe file was renamed, deleted, removed from the file path, or the
format editor was not installed.

RESOLUTION
==========

Install the format editor from the Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 4.0 setup
program, or place the current version of Frmtedit.exe in the file path
\Msdev\Bin.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the
beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 4.00

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Keywords          : kbFortranPS kbLangFortran kbbuglist
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbPTProdChange kbFortranSearch kbFORTRANPower400NT
Version           : :4.0

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