BUG: MF4024/MF1005 Generated for Serial Communication Settings (139075)

SYMPTOMS

When using serial communications to transfer or debug code between a PC and a Macintosh, you may see this error:

warning MF4024: communications settings incomplete fatal error MF1005: comm initialization failed

RESOLUTION

Enter the Macintosh AppleTalk zone and the Macintosh name under the Macintosh Network (AppleTalk) Settings dialog box. To find it, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Debug tab. Click Connection, and then click Settings under the Macintosh Platform/Network. Then click (AppleTalk) Connection.

If you do not have an AppleTalk zone or a Macintosh name, enter an imaginary name. Be sure to select the Serial Connection before closing the Connection dialog box.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

MFILE is a Windows NT utility shipped with the Macintosh edition of Visual C++ 2.0. It is used to communicate between a Macintosh and a Windows NT system for basic file transfer and control operations. It is invoked by the IDE (Integrated Development Environment) when the executable for a Macintosh target is built for transferring the executable to the Macintosh. It can be invoked manually through the MS-DOS prompt as well. The communication settings are obtained from the Registry, which is set through the IDE Connection Dialog box (see the "Resolution" section of this article).

If the Macintosh zone and name are not specified through the IDE Connection dialog box, you can specify them using the /Z and /N parameters, as in this example:

   mfile copy /z MyZone /n MacName ":MyHD:MyFolder:MyMacFile" MyPCFile