On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 at 23:01:08, James Hunkins wrote: (ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>You would think after all these years of programming I would not forget >to use the static keyword in this stuff. I wasn't doing this and >therefore the external programs couldn't find the correct data. One I >threw in static (thanks Wolfgang!), it works just as you all kept >telling me. > >Very obvious - now :) > >Thanks for help everyone! > >Back to programming, That is life isn't it. I re-built my car engine a while back. I had always thought (for 13 years) that the Volvo spark plug lead layout on the 7nn series was brilliant. The distributor cap had the outputs all in a straight line. They were then held in a neat parallel line all the way to the spark plugs, 4,3 2 1. How sensible rather than the usual 1,3,4,2 or similar. I started the car up and it idled 'perfectly' first time, but when I drove off there was no power. Hrmm. The ignition was electronic, and the manual was distinctly unclear about the position of the -only- feedback - a slotted disk on the flywheel. .... so I took the engine out and checked the position (the only way) and it seemed OK. I then went back to the first stages (like one should -always- do even in programming!) and checked the leads. Nothing in the manual about the physical connections to the cap, so I checked with a continuity meter. The lead order was 2,1,3,4! It was only the electronic ignition being -clever- that made the engine idle perfectly on two cylinders! Moral: In life and programming one should always go back to first principals and never assume anything! Good luck with QDT. I must say it looked very professional at Orlando. Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@<surname>.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm