MASM 6.11 and DESQView == Enemies 'til the end!

[es...@iupui.edu]

I have a BUG to report to Microsoft with their Macro Assembler v6.11.

I purchased this software 5 days ago, and have already found 4 bugs. I have
also found out from tech support that there is no program available for free-
updates for those that report such bugs. Microsoft fashion all the way.

Anyway, here's the bug. LINK v5.31.009 does not recognize VCPI memory on
my computer when in DESQView *UNLESS* it is called directly by ML.EXE. What
do I mean by this? I mean that if I use the command line:

ml file.asm

Then I get *NO ERROR*. However, if I use the lines:

ml /c file.asm
link file.obj@autlink

Then I get this error:

run-time error R6921
- DOSX16 : no expanded memory under VCPI host

Which is completel wrong because MSD.EXE v2.1 reports this:

Legend: Available " " RAM "°°" ROM "ÛÛ" Possibly Available "úú"
EMS Page Frame "PP" Used UMBs "UU" Free UMBs "FF"
1024K FC00 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUÛ FFFF Conventional Memory
F800 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU FBFF Total: 639K
F400 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU F7FF Available: 537K
960K F000 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU F3FF 550704 bytes
EC00 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU EFFF
E800 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU EBFF Extended Memory
E400 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU E7FF Total: 8704K
896K E000 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU E3FF
DC00 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DFFF MS-DOS Upper Memory Blocks
D800 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU DBFF Total UMBs: 286K
D400 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU D7FF Total Free UMBs: 0K
832K D000 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU D3FF Largest Free Block: 0K
CC00 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP CFFF
C800 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP CBFF Expanded Memory (EMS)
C400 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP C7FF LIM Version: 4.00
768K C000 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP C3FF Page Frame Address: C000H
BC00 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° BFFF Total: 8336K
B800 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° BBFF Available: 5808K
B400 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU B7FF
704K B000 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU B3FF XMS Information
AC00 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU AFFF XMS Version: 3.00
A800 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ABFF Driver Version: 7.04
A400 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU A7FF A20 Address Line: Enabled
640K A000 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU A3FF High Memory Area: In use
Available: 5808K
Largest Free Block: 5808K
Available SXMS: 5808K
Largest Free SXMS: 5808K

VCPI Information
VCPI Detected: Yes
Version: 1.00
Available Memory: 5820K

There you go. Figure this one out for me. I'm going to test writing a
miniature EXEC.EXE file that will merely run LINK.EXE with command line
parameters. I am also going to try "command.com /c link.exe %1 %2 %3".

/s/ Craetis
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