ID Number: Q81367
6.00 | 6.00
MS-DOS | OS/2
buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a
Summary:
PROBLEM ID: MSM9202001
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0 incorrectly
generates the following error when an EVEN or ALIGN statement is
used in a segment that has an "AT" combine type:
error A2189: invalid combination with segment alignment : X
X is equal to 2 for EVEN directives, and equal to the alignment of
the ALIGN directive. MASM version 5.1 does not generate this error.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM version 6.0.
This problem was corrected in MASM version 6.0a.
More Information:
The following sample code demonstrates this problem:
Sample Code
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; Assemble options needed: none
;Hello.asm - This program writes "Hello world." in red at the top of
; screen.
.MODEL small
.STACK
.DATA
msg DB 'H', 0Ch, 'e', 0Ch, 'l', 0Ch, 'l', 0Ch, 'o', 0Ch, ' ', 0Ch
DB 'w', 0Ch, 'o', 0Ch, 'r', 0Ch, 'l', 0Ch, 'd', 0Ch, '.', 0Ch
_bad SEGMENT PARA AT 0B800H
ORG 160
ALIGN 2 ; This line generates the A2189 error.
Line2 LABEL WORD
_bad ENDS
.CODE
start: mov ax, @data
mov ds, ax
mov ax, SEG Line2
mov es, ax
mov di, OFFSET Line2
mov si, OFFSET msg
mov cx, 0Ch
rep movsw
mov ax, 4C00h
int 21h
END start
Additional reference words: 6.00 5.10