DOCUMENT:Q67615  04-MAY-2001  [fortran]
TITLE   :FIX: Protection Violation When Structure Element Used in OPEN
PRODUCT :Microsoft Fortran Compiler
PROD/VER::5.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft FORTRAN compiler for OS/2, version 5.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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An attempt to compile an application fails and the compiler generates a
protection violation.

CAUSE
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The application uses an element of a structure as the filename in an OPEN
statement.

RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, perform one of the following two steps:

 - Modify the source code to assign the value of the structure member to a
   temporary variable and specify the variable in the OPEN statement.

 - Compile the application in MS-DOS.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the FORTRAN version 5.0 for
MS-DOS and OS/2. This problem was corrected in FORTRAN version 5.1 for MS-DOS
and OS/2.

MORE INFORMATION
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The code example below demonstrates this problem.

Sample Code #1
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   C Compile options needed: None

         PROGRAM TEST
         STRUCTURE /IO/ 
           CHARACTER*12 NAME
         END STRUCTURE
         RECORD /IO/ IOINST
         IOINST.NAME = 'TEST.DAT'
         OPEN (10, FILE = IOINST.NAME)
         END

The code example below alleviates this problem by using the temporary variable
TMP to hold the filename.

Sample Code #2
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   C Compile options needed: None

         PROGRAM TEST
         STRUCTURE /IO/ 
           CHARACTER*12 NAME
         END STRUCTURE
         CHARACTER*12 TMP
         RECORD /IO/ IOINST
         IOINST.NAME = 'TEST.DAT'
         TMP = IOINST.NAME
         OPEN (10, FILE = TMP)
         END

Additional query words: 5.00 buglist5.00 fixlist5.10

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFORTRAN500OS2
Version           : :5.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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