Article: Q32151
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 4.00 4.00b
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist4.00 buglist4.00b fixlist4.50 B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 8-DEC-1989
The sample program below demonstrates a problem in the QB.EXE editor
after editing a variable in a SHARED statement that is the source of a
"Duplicate Definition" error. Inconsistent problems can occur, such as
hanging the editor or losing characters in the file after doing a
Save.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickBASIC Versions
4.00 and 4.00b, and in the version of QuickBASIC provided with the
Microsoft BASIC Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b (buglist6.00,
buglist6.00b) for MS-DOS and MS OS/2. This problem was corrected in
QuickBASIC Version 4.50 and in the QBX.EXE of the Microsoft BASIC
Compiler Version 7.00 (fixlist7.00).
The following steps demonstrate the problem:
1. Run the sample program below in the QB.EXE Version 4.00 or 4.00b
editor. A "Duplicate Definition" error correctly displays.
2. Delete the character "c" from "c%" in the second SHARED statement.
It is now possible for the editor to hang or cause the source code to
be incompletely saved when you perform a save.
The following is a code example:
DECLARE SUB testsub ()
DIM c%(2, 2)
CALL testsub
SUB testsub
SHARED a, b, c%()
SHARED x$, c%()
END SUB