ID Number: Q79818
1.05 1.07
MS-DOS
buglist1.05 buglist1.07
Summary:
PROBLEM ID: HMK9201001
SYMPTOMS
When using the command line
helpmake /DU alang.hlp
-or-
helpmake /DU alang.hlp > alang.txt
to decode the assembly language help file that ships with MASM 6.0
(ALANG.HLP), HELPMAKE may give the following error:
HELPMAKE : fatal error H1101: error writing file
CAUSE
The error is caused by a CTRL+Z character in the help text. When
using the above command line, the output is being sent to the
console where writing a CTRL+Z character causes an error. HELPMAKE
interprets this as an error writing to the file (console) because
the console is a text "file" and when dealing with text files, the
CTRL+Z character is considered the end-of-file marker.
RESOLUTION
HELPMAKE allows the user to specify an output file by using the /O
switch on the command line. This avoids the error mentioned above.
For example:
helpmake /DU /Oalang.txt alang.hlp
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in HELPMAKE versions
1.05 and 1.07. We are researching this problem and will post new
information here as it becomes available.