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1141: new .EXE needs larger alignment value

This message indicates that the Microsoft new .EXE file (DOS extended or 16 bit Windows .EXE or .DLL) would be larger than 65535 times the .EXE alignment value default or as specified in a BLINKER EXECUTABLE ALIGNMENT nnn command. This is a requirement of the New .EXE file format, and the default alignment value is 64 for CA-Clipper programs and 16 for all other programs.
The error is resolved by adding the BLINKER EXECUTABLE ALIGNMENT nnn command to the link script file, and successively increasing the value in powers of 2, i.e. 32, 64 etc., until the output file is created successfully.
Note that Blinker 5.0 may display this message when linking certain large programs which linked successfully with previous versions, but are getting near the limit. This is perfectly normal, and should be corrected as described above.
In some special cases, this error can also be resolved by adding the command PACKDATA to the link script file, which causes multiple data segments to be combined into one wherever possible at link time.