Microsoft KB Archive/94913

= FIX: ML Fails When PAGE Directive Has Invalid Value =

Article ID: 94913

Article Last Modified on 10/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q94913



SYMPTOMS
An attempt to assemble an application fails and the assembler generates the following message:

error A2156: constant value out of range

If you assemble the application and request a listing file, the assembler generates a very large listing file or it generates the following message:

DOSXNT : fatal error DX1020: unhandled exception:

General protection fault;

contact Microsoft Support Services



CAUSE
The application contains a PAGE directive and the length or width values are outside the range of valid values.



RESOLUTION
Modify the PAGE directive so that the length parameter is between 10 and 255 lines and the width parameter is between 60 and 255 characters.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0b, 6.1, and 6.1a. This problem was corrected in MASM for MS-DOS version 6.11.



MORE INFORMATION
The following code can be used to demonstrate the problem.

Sample Code
; Assemble options needed: /c /Fl

PAGE 10, 30

.MODEL small .STACK 4096

.CODE start: mov ax, 4C00h int 21h END start

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

Keywords: kbfix KB94913

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