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If you have mistakenly omitted the closing parenthesis of an argument list, the tag translator begins to search the remainder of your file for a closing parenthesis. If it encounters a vertical bar (perhaps in a figure or code example), it then begins to search for a matching ampersand. Thus, this error message may be issued instead of the EOFARGLST error message.
User Action: Correct the argument list by replacing the vertical bar with the <VBAR> tag or by properly closing the argument list.

VMOVRFLOW, at tag or text, line n, file file-spec Internal error. Failure to allocate additional space in virtual memory

Fatal: This error message is generally caused by one of two types of error in the SDML file. These errors, and the action that you should take to correct them, are as follows:
User Action: Determine if the error was caused by an unclosed argument list. The error is generally located by the information supplied in the error message.

Otherwise, examine your tag definitions to determine whether you are defining the same tag name multiple times. You can avoid memory limitation problems by defining your tags with the <REDEFINE> tag, rather than with the <DEFINE> tag. Unless you specifically intend to "stack" tag definitions, and use the <UNDEFINE> tag to "pop" definitions off the stack, you should always establish a tag definition with the <REDEFINE> tag.

XRFINCMPL, at tag or text, line n, file file-spec The file containing cross reference symbols is incomplete. filename

Fatal: During the reading of the file containing cross reference symbols, an error was detected that indicates that the file was not recorded correctly.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
XRFINVALD, at tag or text, line n, file file-spec The file containing cross reference symbols is invalid. filename

Fatal: The file was opened without error, but it does not contain cross reference symbols.
User Action: The wrong file is being referenced. Check the file name supplied with the /PROFILE qualifier.
XRFNORENM, at tag or text, line n, file file-spec The temporary cross reference file cannot be renamed to filename

Fatal: The tag translator creates a temporary cross reference file with a file type TMP. When the file is complete, it renames it with a file type XREF. The rename operation has failed.

(You must have Delete privileges for the directory in which the TMP file is being renamed.)
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.

2.3 Text Processor Messages

ATPT, Font was read at number pt

Informational: This is an internal error.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADALPHA, Improper alphabetic constant

Warning: Text formatter expected to scan a constant consisting only of letters.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADCHAR, Text line contains an invalid character

Warning: Text formatter could not scan a character from the current input line.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADCODE, Bad code number: value, must be between smaller number and larger number using zero instead

Warning: Text formatter expected to find a code value within the range shown.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADCS, Bad control sequence: Command

Warning: Text formatter could not understand how the user meant to use the shown command in the current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADDISC, Improper discretionary list. Must contain only kerns and boxes

Warning: Discretionary list contained unexpected information.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADDISCMATH, Illegal discretionary break in math mode. The third part of a discretionary break must be emptyin this mode. Attempting to recover...

Warning: Discretionary break was improperly coded.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADDUMP, Cannot \dump inside a group

Warning: Command \dump occurred when there was one group or more still active.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADFONTFMT, Fatal font format file error

Error: Text formatter could not load the font format file, or the font format file was fatally flawed.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADFRACTION, Ambiguous fraction ignored.

Warning: Text formatter could not determine the meaning of a fraction.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADGLUE, Infinite glue. Attempting to recover

Warning: Text formatter was asked to typeset a box using infinite glue. Glue was made finite and the text formatter attempted to continue.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADHALIGN, Improper \halign

Warning: Command \halign is invalid in current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADHRULE, Cannot use \hrule in an \hbox. Use\leaders or \hrulefill instead

Warning: Command \hrule is invalid in current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADHYPHEN, Improper \hypenation ignored. Must contain only letters and hyphens

Warning: Text formatter can only read letters and hyphens in a hyphnation pattern.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADHYPHFMT, Fatal hyphenation format file error

Error: Text formatter could not load the hyphenation format file, or the hyphenation format file was fatally flawed.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADLASTBOX, \box255 is not empty, attempting to continue

Warning: Text formatter expected \box255 to be empty.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADLEADERS, \leaders not followed by proper glue

Warning: Glue specifiaction was not valid in the current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADLETINPAT, Non-letter found in \patterns

Warning: Text formatter can only read letters in a pattern.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADLIMIT, Ignoring misplaced \limits or \nolimits command

Warning: Text formatter did not expect to see \limits or \nolimits in this context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADMACROFMT, Fatal macro format file error

Error: Text formatter could not load the macro format file, or the macro format file was fatally flawed.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADMAG, Illegal magnification ratio: bad number, value set to good number

Warning: Text formatter could not set the magnification to the requested value.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADMATHCHAR, font number font-number is missing this character: character

Warning: Text formatter could not typeset the character shown, because that character was missing from the font shown.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADMATHDELIM, Inserted missing or misplaced math delimiter

Warning: Text formatter became confused while closing a math formula.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADNOALIGN, \noalign can only appear after \cr

Warning: Command \noalign is not valid in the current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADOMIT, \omit can only appear after \cr or &

Warning: Command \omit is not valid in the current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADOUTLOOP, Output loop repeated number of cycles times without doing a \shipout Attempting to recover. Increase\maxdeadcycles if neccesary

Warning: Text formatter cycled through its output loop too many times without doing a \shipout.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPARAMNUM, Illegal parameter number

Warning: Text formatter became confused while scanning parameters to a macro.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPARAMSEQ, Parameter was numbered out of sequence

Warning: Text formatter became confused while scanning parameters to a macro, because a parameter was numbered out of sequence.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPATTERNS, Bad \patterns

Warning: Text formatter became confused while reading a pattern.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPREAMBLE, Cannot nest alignment preambles

Error: Text formatter became confused during current alignment, because it found an alignment within an alignment.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPREFIX2, Can't use \long or \outer with command

Warning: Text formatter will ignore \long or \outer or \global when used with the shown command.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPREFIX3, Can't use \long or \outer or \global with command

Warning: Text formatter will ignore \long or \outer when used with the shown command.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPREVGRAF, \prevgraf = number. Value must be positive

Warning: Text formatter expected to see \prevgraf specified with a positive value.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADPT, Bad font size = number pt, replaced by 10 pt

Warning: Text formatter attempted to read a font at an improper font size.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report. )
BADUNBOX, Cannot unbox a hbox or vbox in Text formatter mode mode

Warning: Command unbox is invalid under current circumstances.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADUNIT, Bad unit of measure, replaced by string

Warning: Text formatter could not use the requested unit of measure. Unit was changed to shown value.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BADVALUE, quantity = quantity. Value must be between smaller number and larger number

Warning: Text formatter was expecting to read a value within the range shown.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
BUFFERSIZE, Maximum number of characters in the input buffer is number

Informational: User has exceeded total size of text formatter's input buffer.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
CANNOTRESETMAG, Cannot change magnification, using old value: number

Warning: Text formatter can only set magnification value once.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
CONFUSION, Text formatter became confused doing this: Command, job is aborting

Error: Text formatter became confused doing the shown activity and had to exit.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DIMENTOOBIG, Dimension too large

Warning: Text formatter became confused while scanning a dimension, because the dimension was too big.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DISCTOOLONG, Discretionary list is too long. Attempting to recover

Warning: Discretionary list was too long.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DOUBLESUB, Double subscript

Warning: Text formatter found a quantity with two subscripts. In these cases, x^1^2 will be treated like x^1{}^2.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DOUBLESUPER, Double superscript

Warning: Text formatter found a quantity with two superscripts. In these cases, x_1_2 will be treated like x_1{}_2.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DURING, Error occurred during a command

Warning: Error occurred during a specified command or control sequence.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
DURINGOR, Error occurred during a command or string

Warning: Error occurred during one of the two commands or control sequences shown.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
EMERGENCYSTOP, Job is aborting

Error: Text formatter became confused and had to exit.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
ENDDURING, \end occurred during command

Warning: Command \end occurred unexpectedly.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
ENDINGROUP, \end occurred inside group at level Number

Warning: Command \end occurred when there was one group or more still active.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
EOF, Unexpected end of file

Warning: Text formatter encountered the end of the current file unexpectedly.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
EOP, Paragraph ended before the following completed:

Warning: Text formatter encountered the end of a paragraph unexpectedly.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
EXTRATAB, Extra \halign or & in alignment has been changed to \cr

Warning: Text formatter found extra or unexpected \halign or &.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
FILENAME, file-name

Informational: Identifies current file being used as input.
User Action: This message always occurs in conjunction with other messages. Action depends upon associated message.
FONTDIMEN, The following font has only number fontdimen parameters To increase the number of font parameters you must use \fontdimen immediately after the \font is loaded

Warning: Current font has too many parameters.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
FONTERROR, Error occurred in the following font:

Warning: Text formatter found an error in the current font.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
FONTMEMSIZE, Font memory size = number words

Informational: Reports the total size of text formatter's font memory.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
FONTTYPE, Font was declared by: string

Warning: Identifies the font's type, e.g. \preloaded.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
FUNNYCS, Missing control sequence inserted

Warning: Text formatter became confused while defining a control sequence.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
HPOOLSIZE, Hyphenation string memory size = number bytes

Informational: User has exceeded total size of text formatter's hyphenation string memory.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
IDENT, string

Informational: Identifies the current version of the text formatter.
User Action: None.
IGNORED, Extra command ignored

Warning: An unneccesary text formatting command was found.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
IGNOREDTEXT, All text was ignored after line string

Warning: Text formatter could not typeset any of the following lines shown.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
IGNORING, Ignored the following: command

Warning: Text formatter encountered an unexpected command and ignored it.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
IMPROPERCMD, Improper command found: command

Warning: command shown is not valid in the current context.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
INCOMPLETECMD, Incomplete command found: command

Warning: Text formatter became confused while trying to scan the shown command.
User Action: If you receive this message and are under a service contract with Digital, call your customer service center. Otherwise, submit a Software Performance Report.
INFO, text - on page number

Informational: A text formatting macro has generated an informational message. A problem occurred while the text formatter was processing the output. text provides a description of the problem. In most cases, the file will continue processing successfully and you can examine the output. The message indicates the page on which the problem occurred, and you can use this information to correct the problem
User Action: The following is a list of the messages you may see and the associated action that will correct the problem.