Article: Q23873
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a | 5.10 6.00 6.00a
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickc | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 4-DEC-1990
Question:
I have a simple program that prints out some numbers. Every time I try
to run the program, I get the error message "R6002: Floating point
support not loaded." Why do I get this error when I don't have any
floats in my program?
Response:
You most likely have a printf() statement in your program that
contains a floating point format specifier, such as %f in the format
string. At link time, the floating-point library modules will not be
loaded unless floats are declared. This saves space by making the
executable file smaller. However, in this case the program will
encounter this floating-point format specifier at run time and will
generate the above error because the floating-point handling routines
are needed by the printf() call.
To work around this problem, just declare and initialize a floating
point variable in your program. This will force the floating point
support to be linked into the .EXE file.