Article: Q137174
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 6.11
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s):
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 6.11
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SUMMARY
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MASM returns an A2041 error (String or Text literal too long) when passing to a
MACRO a set of parameters whose total length is greater than 255 bytes. The
inidvidual parameters may be shorter than the stated 255 byte maximum, but the
MACRO expansion treats the entire parameter list as a single string (text
literal).
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This behavior is by design, though it is not currently documented as such. The
following code demonstrates this behavior:
.486
.486
.MODEL FLAT
.CODE
menu_list macro item1,item2,item3,item4,item5,item6,item7
endm
menu_list <'ACTION1','ACTION1','ACTION1','ACTION1'>,\
<'ACTION2','ACTION2','ACTION2','ACTION2'>,\
<'ACTION3','ACTION3','ACTION3','ACTION3'>,\
<'ACTION4','ACTION4','ACTION4','ACTION4'>,\
<'ACTION5','ACTION5','ACTION5','ACTION5'>,\
<'ACTION6','ACTION6','ACTION6','ACTION6'>,\
<'ACTION7','ACTION7','ACTION7','ACTION7'>
end
This is the message MASM returns upon compiling this sample:
Microsoft (R) Macro Assembler Version 6.11 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp
1981-1994. All rights reserved.
Assembling: test.asm test.asm(9) : error A2041: string or text literal too
long
Additional query words: 6.11
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM611
Version : :6.11
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