NAME Statement in .DEF File Must Start with a Letter
PSS ID Number: Q43120 Article last modified on 11-05-1993
2.03 2.10 3.00 MS-DOS
| The information in this article applies to: |
| - Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit for Windows version 3.0 |
SUMMARY
In the module definition file for a Microsoft Windows application, the application name that is defined by the NAME statement must begin with an alphabetic character. If the name begins with any other type of character, including a numeric character, the LINK4 linker will report a syntax error in that line of the .DEF file.
MORE INFORMATION
The following .DEF file does not generate the error: NAME PROG1 DESCRIPTION ‘Example of good Name’ STUB ‘WINSTUB.EXE’ CODE MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE DATA MOVEABLE MULTIPLE HEAPSIZE 8192 STACKSIZE 8192 EXPORTS SimpleWinProc @1 The following .DEF file generates a syntax error on line 1: NAME 1PROG DESCRIPTION ‘Example of bad Name’ STUB ‘WINSTUB.EXE’ CODE MOVEABLE DISCARDABLE DATA MOVEABLE MULTIPLE HEAPSIZE 8192 STACKSIZE 8192 EXPORTS SimpleWinProc @1 Therefore, the workaround is to be sure to use an alphabetic character as the first character in the program name.
Additional reference words: 2.x 3.00 KBCategory: KBSubcategory: KrComplrSwitch Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.
