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

Article ID: 123664

Article Last Modified on 2/11/2004

Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.1 Standard Edition
Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.11 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q123664

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

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