/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb FORTRAN, Error Messages, Compilation Errors, IOINVFMT  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  SEVERITY:  F

  MESSAGE TEXT:  Format specifier in error

  EXPLANATION:  The format specifier in an I/O statement is invalid.
  It must be one of the following:

   o  The label of a FORMAT statement.

   o  An asterisk (*) in a list-directed I/O statement.

   o  A run-time format specifier:  a variable, array element, or
      character substring reference.

   o  An integer variable that was assigned a FORMAT label by an
      ASSIGN statement.