FIX: H2INC Version 1.0 Ignores /G3 and /G4 Option Switches (91692)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) 1.0

This article was previously published under Q91692

SYMPTOMS

In version 1.0 of the H2INC utility, provided with Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0, 6.0a, and 6.0b, the /G3 or /G4 option switch does not change the size of an int from a WORD to a DWORD.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in H2INC version 1.0. This problem was corrected in H2INC for MS-DOS version 1.1 which is included with MASM for MS-DOS version 6.1.

MORE INFORMATION

Pages 436 and 440 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler Programmer's Guide" for MASM version 6.0 document the /G3 and /G4 switches for the H2INC utility. As note above, H2INC version 1.0 does not implement these switches.

Sample Code

/* Command line options needed: /G3
*/ 
int my_var;

; Resulting .INC file
EXTERNDEF C my_var:SWORD    /* Notice it is not :SDWORD */

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	7/22/2001
Keywords:	kbbug KB91692