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Q118341: FIX: MATHERRQQ: Access Violation on C8ARG1 and C16ARG1

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Article: Q118341
Product(s): Microsoft Fortran Compiler
Version(s): 1.0,1.0a
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbFortranPS kbLangFortran
Last Modified: 24-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation for MS-DOS, versions 1.0, 1.0a 
- Microsoft Fortran Powerstation 32 for Windows NT, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
========

In Windows NT, Dr. Watson reports an access violation when parts of MATHERRQQ's
INFO record are passed to other routines. The problem occurs when passing
MTH$E_INFO members: C8ARG1, C8ARG2, C16ARG1, or C16ARG2.

In MS-DOS (Windows, version 3.1), the error message is:

  DOSXMSF : fatal error DX1020: unhandled exception:
  General Protection Fault.

RESOLUTION
==========

Do not pass C8ARG1, C8ARG2, C16ARG1, or C16ARG2 directly to another routine.
Assign the value to a temporary variable and pass the variable instead.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the products listed at the beginning
of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation
32, version 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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To reproduce the problem, compile and run the sample code below.

To use the program without error, comment out the four lines that print C8ARG1,
C8ARG2, C16ARG1, and C16ARG2.

Sample Code
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  c compile options needed: none

        include 'flib.fi'
        implicit none
        include 'flib.fd'
        complex a,b,c
        call LCWRQQ(#133F)
        a=(233.75875785857,145.8498498998989)
        b=(345.84984984900,298.849849849989)
        c=a**b
        write(*,*)'****** successful completion ******'
        end

        SUBROUTINE MATHERRQQ(name, length, info, retcode)
        INCLUDE 'FLIB.FD'
        INTEGER*2 length
        CHARACTER name(length)
        RECORD / MTH$E_INFO / info
        INTEGER*2 retcode
        PRINT *, 'Entered MATHERRQQ'
        PRINT *, 'Failing function: ', name, '      Length: ', length
        PRINT *, 'Error Type: ', info.errcode

        SELECT CASE (info.errcode)
        CASE (MTH$E_OVERFLOW)
           PRINT *, 'OVERFLOW'
        CASE DEFAULT
           PRINT *, 'UNKNOWN'
        END SELECT

        SELECT CASE (info.ftype)
        CASE (TY$CMPLX8)
           PRINT *, 'Type: COMPLEX*8'
           PRINT *, 'Argument1: ', info.c8arg1
           PRINT *, 'Argument2: ', info.c8arg2
           info.c8res = 0.0
           retcode = 1
        CASE (TY$CMPLX16)
           PRINT *, 'Type: COMPLEX*16'

           PRINT *, 'Argument1: ', info.c16arg1
           PRINT *, 'Argument2: ', info.c16arg2
           info.c16res = 0.0
           retcode = 1
        END SELECT
        END

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbFortranPS kbLangFortran 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbFortranSearch kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbFORTRANPower32100NT kbFORTRANPower100DOS kbFORTRANPower100aDOS
Version           : :1.0,1.0a
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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