PRB: Programmer's Workbench Edit Switch Is Not Implemented

ID Number: Q61642

1.00 1.10 | 1.00 1.10

MS-DOS | OS/2

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Summary:

SYMPTOMS

If an option is added to the TOOLS.INI file under the PWB tag to

read either "Edit:yes" or "Edit:no", PWB returns the following

error message:

Edit is not an editor switch.

CAUSE

The edit switch for the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB), documented on

page 79 of the Microsoft C version 6.0 "Microsoft C Reference"

manual, is not implemented in PWB versions 1.0 and 1.1. The

documentation is incorrect.

RESOLUTION

To open a file as read only, invoke PWB with the /r option.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the PWB

documentation for C version 6.0. We will post new information here

as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10 6.00