BUG: QuickHelp Paste Topic Command Pastes Two Extra Lines

MS-DOS    | OS/2

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft QuickHelp for MS-DOS and OS/2, versions 1.7, 1.83

SYMPTOMS

After pasting an example program from the Microsoft QuickHelp utility, compiling the program generates the following errors, possibly among others:

   settime.c(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{'
      before ':'
   settime.c(1) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';'
      before ':'
   settime.c(81) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';'
      before '-'

CAUSE

These errors are caused by the following two lines which are pasted into the file with the QuickHelp utility:

   Topic:  SETTIME.C

   -and-

   -<>-

RESOLUTION

Modify the file to comment out or delete the two lines indicated above before compiling the example program.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in QuickHelp versions 1.7 and 1.83. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.