VMS Help CC, Messages, FMTNOTSTR  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 Message        argument <number> of this function is not of type
                char * but corresponds to the format string specified
                by the #pragma assert directive at <location>.  The
                format func_attr will be ignored.

 Description    The format attribute causes the format string to be
                checked if it is a string constant.  The format
                parameter can't be a format string because it is not
                declared as a char * type.  The format attribute will
                be ignored.

 User Action    Either remove the format assertion from the
                directive, correct the position of the format
                argument in the assertion, or declare the format
                argument as a "char *" in the proper position in the
                function prototype.