Microsoft KB Archive/108349

= BUG: Console I/O Problem; CR/LF Skipped After File Open =

Article ID: 108349

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32
 * Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32

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This article was previously published under Q108349



SYMPTOMS
A console application that opens a file with a unit specifier of 5 may cause subsequent screen output to appear on the same line (without carriage return and linefeed characters).



CAUSE
This problem seems to occur only when the application writes to the screen before opening unit 5.



RESOLUTION
If unit number 5 must be used for an external file, OPEN that file before performing any WRITE statements to the screen. Running the program with MORE piping (for example, | MORE) to display output one screen at a time also alleviates the error.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32 for Windows NT, version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
The following sample program demonstrates the problem:

Sample Code
C Compile options required: none character*12 buffer do i=5, 7 write(buffer,'(i5,a)') i,'.dat' write(*,*) 'Filename is: ', buffer open(i,file=buffer) end do     end

Output
Filename is:    5.dat   Filename is:     6.dat Filename is:    7.dat

Additional query words: 1.00 4.00 handle

Keywords: KB108349

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