Article: Q59585
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 5.1,5.1a
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 5.1, 5.1a
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SYMPTOMS
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On Page Update-42 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Updates and Microsoft
Editor" manual, it states that you can use the LOCAL directive with a structure
type. When this is done, you may receive the following errors:
A2003 Unknown Type Specifier
A2010 Syntax Error
CAUSE
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This feature was not implemented in MASM versions 5.1 or 5.1a.
RESOLUTION
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To avoid the A2003 Unknown type specifier error, include the PTR keyword in the
LOCAL directive. For example:
LOCAL stuff:parms
becomes
LOCAL stuff:ptr parms
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 5.1. This problem
has been corrected in MASM version 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
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The following code can bed used to demonstrate this problem.
Sample Code
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; Assemble options needed: none
.MODEL small, c
.STACK 4096
parms STRUC
p1 DW ?
p2 DW ?
parms ENDS
.CODE
CALL test_func
test_func PROC
LOCAL stuff:parms ; A2003 Unknown type specifier
MOV ax, 0ffffh
MOV stuff. p1,ax ; A2010 Syntax error
MOV stuff. p2,ax ; A2010 Syntax error
RET
test_func ENDP
END
Additional query words: 5.10 5.10a buglist5.10 buglist5.10a fixlist6.00
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM510 kbMASM510a
Version : :5.1,5.1a
Solution Type : kbfix
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