FIX: BIND Generates Multiply Defined Symbols with API.LIB

ID: Q72728

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS and OS/2, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

When binding an OS/2 protected mode application that was assembled or compiled under compact or large memory model, it is necessary to specify the module APILMR.OBJ on the BIND command line. Using the version of API.LIB included with the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0 package in conjunction with APILMR.OBJ will result in the following error:

API.LIB(i_apilmr.asm): error L2044: API_MEMREP: symbol multiply defined, use /NOE

Binding with the /NOE switch causes the error to be suppressed, but the program will not work correctly.

RESOLUTION

There are two workarounds for this error:

Delete I_APILMR.OBJ from API.LIB. This is done with the LIB utility as follows:
LIB API.LIB-I_APILMR;

Replace I_APILMR.OBJ in API.LIB with the APILMR.OBJ from the MASM LIB subdirectory:
LIB API.LIB-I_APILMR+APILMR;
If APILMR.OBJ is replaced in API.LIB, it is no longer necessary to specify APILMR.OBJ on the BIND command line.

Note that both of these workarounds create a version of API.LIB that can only be used when binding a compact or large model program.

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

It is necessary to BIND with the file APILMR.OBJ in order for programs compiled under the large or compact memory model to correctly access the near heap. For more information, see the online help index for BIND and select the link to either APILMR.OBJ or Command Line Syntax.

Additional query words: 6.00 buglist6.00 fixlist6.00a s_bind

Keywords :
Version : MS-DOS:6.0
Platform : MS-DOS
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