Assembler can't locate existing files
assembly, dos, dosbox, tasm, x86
Solution
The name `printMzPos1.kt` is too long. DOSBox and TASM accept only 8.3-names. Type in `DIR` in DOSBox (or `DIR /X` in Windows) and you see something like `PRINTM~1.KT`. This is the 8.3-name of printMzPos1.kt and this you must use. You see probably several PRINTM~X.KT files. So you have to search which of these names correlates to which of your names. The '~X' is only a sequential number created by the operating system for uniqueness.
You can also just rename the files to shorter names so that they fit in the 8.3-limit.
Problem
My TASM is mounted to the folder where my TASM, TLINK, and other files are. Specifically it is at `C:/TASM/BIN`. I have no problems when running a single .ASM file but when I include another file so that my code would look modular, there comes this problem. I have included 6 files as of now, which includes `printMzpos1.kt`. (File extension doesn't matter in assembly file inclusion.) The name of my main file is `c.ASM`. The image shows that `printMzpos1.kt` is in the folder where my TASM is mounted: Here is the snapshot of my code. I included `printMzpos1.kt` after `main endp` and before `end main`. `printMzpos1.kt` contains a procedure that prints boxes. ``` .model small .386 .stack 64 .data colorW db 0Fh xPos dw ? currmode db ? horLineLen dw 120 verLineLen dw 70 include macro.kt .code ;>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MAIN proc far ;>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mov ax, @data mov ds, ax mov es, ax setVidMode cls call printMzPos1 ;call move3Boxes retVidMode mov ax, 4c00h int 21h MAIN endp include printMzPos1.kt include printMzPos2.kt include printMzPos3.kt include printMzPos4.kt include drawRect.kt include move3Boxes.kt end MAIN ``` Though I think I included it properly, I still get this: ``` **Fatal** c.ASM(39) Can't locate file: printMzPos1.kt ``` What went wrong?