Microsoft KB Archive/149752

= BUG: FOR2862 Error Caused by External Function Without Type =

PSS ID Number: 149752

Article Last Modified on 11/2/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Fortran PowerStation for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q149752



SYMPTOMS
When you don't fully qualify an external function with a type and attempt to use it in a WRITE statement, the following compilation error occurs:

error FOR2862: procedure name in I/O list



RESOLUTION
Fully qualify the externl function by giving it a type attribute.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



Sample Code to Illustrate Problem and Workaround
! Compile options needed: none

MODULE THE_MODULE IMPLICIT INTEGER(E) ! comment the next line for workaround EXTERNAL EXTERN_FUNC ! uncomment the next line for workaround !       INTEGER, EXTERNAL :: EXTERN_FUNC END MODULE

PROGRAM THE_PROGRAM USE THE_MODULE WRITE(6,*) EXTERN_FUNC END PROGRAM THE_PROGRAM

INTEGER FUNCTION EXTERN_FUNC EXTERN_FUNC = 737 END FUNCTION

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords: kbLangFortran KB149752

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFORTRANPower400NT kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword8

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