Important Notice

The pages on this site contain documentation for very old MS-DOS software, purely for historical purposes. If you're looking for up-to-date documentation, particularly for programming, you should not rely on the information found here, as it will be woefully out of date.

■ The syntax of a metacommand is incorrect. Metacommands must
  be preceded by a comment. For example, both of the $INCLUDE
  metacommands below are correct:
 
              REM  $INCLUDE: 'filespec'
              ' $INCLUDE: 'filespec'
 
■ If you are compiling the program with the Visual Basic
  compiler (BC.EXE), this error is not "fatal." The program
  will execute, but the results may be incorrect.
 
■ Possible solution:
 
  • Compare the valid metacomand syntax above to your
    statement and make changes as necessary.
 
■ If you need additional help, move the cursor to a keyword
  and press F1 to open the Help window.