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Q94913: FIX: ML Fails When PAGE Directive Has Invalid Value

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Article: Q94913
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 6.0,6.0a,6.0b,6.1,6.1a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 06-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0b, 6.1, 6.1a 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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
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The following code can be used to demonstrate the problem.

Sample Code
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  ; 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

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM600 kbMASM610 kbMASM610a kbMASM600a kbMASM600b
Version           : :6.0,6.0a,6.0b,6.1,6.1a
Solution Type     : kbfix

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