BUG: PAGE + Directive Doesn't Insert Form Feed in Listing File

Last reviewed: December 7, 1994
Article ID: Q123664

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 6.0, 6.1, and 6.11

SYMPTOMS

The PAGE + directive does not insert a form feed (^L) in the listing file generated by the macro assembler.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in MASM versions 6.0, 6.1, and 6.11. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following sample code can be used to demonstrate the problem. The printed output appears on three pages, not four pages.

Sample Code

   title test
   .model small
   page
   .data
      t dw ?
      page +
   .code
   startup
   .exit
      page
   end

Additional reference words: 6.00 6.10 6.11 buglist6.00 buglist6.10
buglist6.11
KBCategory: kbtool kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: MLIss

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Last reviewed: December 7, 1994
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