FIX: Strange Character in Warning for Illegal Edit List

ID: Q108365

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS, versions 1.0, 1.0a
Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 32 for Windows NT, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to compile a program that contains a FORMAT statement with the illegal edit list may fail with the following warning

warning F4989: 'X' : unexpected character in format

where 'X' is an extended ASCII character or no character at all. The character displayed should be a character from the edit list.

RESOLUTION

Correcting the edit list in the format statement eliminates the warning message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 32 for Windows NT, version 1.0 and for MS-DOS, versions 1.0 and 1.0a. This problem was fixed in FORTRAN PowerStation 32 version 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

The following program illustrates the problem:

Sample Code


C Compile options needed: none
301   format(O6) ! O not valid here
      end

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a

Keywords : kbCompiler kbFL32 kbFortranPS
Version : :1.0,1.0a
Platform : MS-DOS NT WINDOWS
Issue type :