Article ID: 30377
Article Last Modified on 10/16/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1a
This article was previously published under Q30377
SYMPTOMS
The code given below generates the following error message:
The error is caused by the JE NEAR PTR statement. However, the first jump statement assembles without error. Both statements should or should not assemble as they generate full 16-bit fixup records.
RESOLUTION
You can work around this problem by not using the PTR operator in the JE instruction.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 5.1 and 5.1a. This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
The following code demonstrates the problem:
Sample Code
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PGROUP group CODE,NCODE
CODE segment use16 byte public 'prog'
assume cs:PGROUP
jmp SYM
je near ptr SYM
CODE ends
NCODE segment use16 byte public 'prog'
assume cs:PGROUP
SYM:
NCODE ends
end
Additional query words: 5.10 5.10a buglist5.10 buglist5.10a fixlist6.00
Keywords: kbfix KB30377
