Microsoft KB Archive/123728

= FIX: EXTERNDEF on PROC Labels Does Not Make Them Public =

Article ID: 123728

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q123728



SYMPTOMS
When using MASM version 5.1 compatibility mode, adding an EXTERNDEF to a PROC label does not make it public.



RESOLUTION
Add PUBLIC to the procedures that need to be made public.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in MASM version 6.11.



MORE INFORMATION
The following sample code can be used to demonstrate the problem. The result is "error L2029: 'PROCA' unresolved external."

Sample Code
; TEST1.ASM

externdef proca:near _text segment word public 'CODE' call proca _text ends end --- ; TEST2.ASM

externdef proca:near _text segment word public 'CODE' proca proc near ret proca endp _text ends end

Additional query words: 6.10 6.00 buglist6.00 buglist6.10 fixlist6.11

Keywords: kbfix KB123728

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