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SECTION INTO Specify files to be placed in external overlay
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Purpose : Specify files to be placed in an external overlay
Syntax : SECTION INTO <ovlname> [FILE [d:][path]<filename>
[, [d:][path]<filename>...] ]
Default : Disabled
Example : FILE MAIN
BEGINAREA
SECTION INTO OVL1
FILE ABC, DEF, GHI # Placed in OVL1
SECTION INTO OVL2
FILE JKL, MNO, PQR # Placed in OVL2
ENDAREA
The SECTION INTO command is used to specify the name of an external overlay
file for the overlays. The file may have any extension except .EXE, and if
no extension is specified then .OVL is assumed. The first SECTION INTO
command must precede the first overlaid FILE command, otherwise an internal
overlay within the OUTPUT file will be created and all SECTION INTO commands
will be ignored. Note that this command does NOT cause overlays to be
created, it merely causes overlays (if any) to be stored external to the EXE
file (in OVL files). The BEGINAREA and ENDAREA commands are used to create
overlays.
Once an overlay file has been specified using the SECTION INTO command, all
overlaid code will be placed in the same file until a SECTION INTO command
with a different file name is found. At this time a new overlay file will be
created. Output may be spread between the overlay files by the use of
multiple SECTION INTO commands.
Once an internal overlay has been created, all SECTION INTOs will be ignored
and all overlaid procedures will be stored internally. Once an external
overlay has been created it is not possible to create an internal overlay.
Blinker has a limit of 15 external overlays in this version.
At program runtime, one file handle is allocated to each overlay file, so it
may be necessary to increase the number of file handles available to the
program.
See Also:
BEGINAREA
ENDAREA
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