-WmsgFi (-WmsgFiv, -WmsgFim): Set message file format for interactive mode

Group

Messages

Scope

Assembly Unit

Syntax

  -WmsgFi[v|m]

Arguments

v: Verbose format.

m: Microsoft format.

Default

  -WmsgFiv

Description

If the Assembler is started without additional arguments (e.g., files to be assembled together with Assembler options), the Assembler is in the interactive mode (that is, a window is visible).

While in interactive mode, the Assembler uses the default verbose error file format to write the assembler messages (errors, warnings, information messages).

Using this option, the default format may be changed from verbose (with source, line and column information) to the Microsoft format (which displays only line information).

Note: Using the Microsoft format may speed up the assembly process because the Assembler has to write less information to the screen.

Example

If the Assembler is running in interactive mode, the default error output is shown in the assembler window as in the following listing.

Listing: Example error listing in the default mode for interactive mode


>> in "X:\TWE.ASM", line 12, col 0, pos 215
         endif

         endif

^

ERROR A1001: Conditional else not allowed here

Setting the format to Microsoft, less information is displayed:

Listing: Example error listing in Microsoft format for interactive mode


ASMOPTIONS=-WmsgFim
X:\TWE.ASM(12): ERROR: conditional else not allowed here

See also

ERRORFILE: Filename specification error environment variable

Assembler options: