Underscore+CR+LF Added Before DATA Statement If > 250 Columns (69156)
This article was previously published under Q69156
SYMPTOMS
If an indented DATA statement in a program exceeds the 250th column
and the program is then saved as ASCII text in the QB.EXE or QBX.EXE
environment, then an underscore (_) plus a carriage return (CR, ASCII
value 13) plus a linefeed (LF, ASCII value 10) will be added
immediately in front of the DATA statement. The actual data contents
in the DATA statement will not not changed.
The addition of "_<CR><LF>" in front of the DATA statement occurs only
if the last character in the DATA statement exceeds the 250th column,
and the DATA statement is immediately preceded on the same line by
spaces, a line number, line label, or other code.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in QB.EXE in Microsoft QuickBasic
versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for MS-DOS; in QB.EXE in Microsoft
Basic Compiler versions 6.00 and 6.00b (buglist6.00 and buglist6.00b)
for MS-DOS; and in QBX.EXE in Microsoft Basic Professional Development
System (PDS) versions 7.00 and 7.10 for MS-DOS (buglist7.00 and
buglist7.10). Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new
information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
If the DATA statement is in the first column on the line or if the
file is saved using Fast Load and Save format, then the problem does
not occur (whether or not the line exceeds the 250th column).
The added "_<CR><LF>" characters have no affect on the performance of
the QuickBasic program, and in QB.EXE or QBX.EXE, the "_<CR><LF>"
characters just appear as an extra space. Each save in ASCII text
format will add what appears to be an additional space in front of the
DATA statement. Note that you can only see the "_<CR><LF>" characters
if you type the file in DOS or load the file into a standard text
editor.
| Modification Type: |
Minor |
Last Reviewed: |
1/9/2003 |
| Keywords: |
KB69156 |
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