Article: Q39443
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 5.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s):
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 5.1
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SYMPTOMS
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Using Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 5.1, You may be able to correct
"Illegal size for operand" errors by careful use of parentheses.
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.1. This problem
was corrected in MASM version 5.1a.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following code demonstrates warnings, errors, and their solution:
dosseg
.model small,c
.data
.code
myproc PROC buffer:FAR PTR BYTE
mov bx, WORD PTR buffer[0]
mov ds, WORD PTR buffer[2]
; MASM gives an operand-size error. This is a precedence problem that
; you can correct with parentheses:
mov bx, WORD PTR (buffer[0])
mov ds, WORD PTR (buffer[2])
myproc ENDP
end
Additional query words: 5.10 buglist5.10 fixlist5.10a
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM510
Version : :5.1
Solution Type : kbfix
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