Microsoft KB Archive/26656

Error A2065:Label Cannot Have Segment Override ID Number: Q26656

4.00 5.00 MS-DOS buglist4.00 fixlist5.00

Problem: The error ‘A2065:Label cannot have segment override’ is given for the construct ‘fred dd far ptr ?’. Under MASM Version 4.00, the assembler did not generate an error message.

Response: The FAR type for the PTR operator should not be used in a data declaration. The type DWORD can replace FAR type to correct the declaration. MASM 5.00 will generate an error, but MASM 4.00 failed to detect this situation.