DOCUMENT:Q64438  04-MAY-2001  [masm]
TITLE   :PRB: CV2206 WARNING: Corrupt Debug OMF Detected in Object...
PRODUCT :Microsoft Macro Assembler
PROD/VER:MS-DOS:5.1
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 5.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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When loading a Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) 5.1 program into CodeView
version 3.0, the following warning is received:

   CV2206 WARNING: Corrupt debug OMF detected in object, discarding source line
   information

CAUSE
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The warning is caused because the program was written with full segment
declarations and the CODE segment was not declared class 'code'.

RESOLUTION
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The problem does not appear when using the simplified segment definitions or
when the full segment definitions include class 'code'.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following code causes this problem:

Sample Code:
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   ; Assemble options needed: /Zi

   stack   SEGMENT stack para 'stack'
           DB      100 dup (?)
   stack   ENDS

   text    SEGMENT
           ASSUME   cs:text

   main    PROC
           RET
   main    ENDP

   text    ENDS
           END main

Additional query words: 5.10

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Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM510
Version           : MS-DOS:5.1

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