Microsoft KB Archive/26803

= FIX: Incorrect Checksum =

Article ID: 26803

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q26803



SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 5.0 may generate an incorrect checksum for one of the records in the generated object module.



RESOLUTION
If the starting address is removed from the END directive, the problem goes away.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.0. This problem was corrected in MASM version 5.1.



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

Sample Code
; Assemble options needed: none

_TEXT SEGMENT PARA PUBLIC 'CODE' ASSUME CS:_TEXT start: mov ax, 4C00h int 21h _TEXT ENDS

END start ; removing the label 'start' from the END directive ; stops the incorrect checksum from being generated

Additional query words: 5.00 buglist5.00 fixlist5.10

Keywords: kbfix KB26803

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