Another interesting behaviour is if you have 2 programs, one with "COMMON A,B,C,D,CITEM" and the other with "COMMON REC(99)" the ordinal positions of the commons equate to the same thing. ie REC(5) = CITEM. Also, what's the nature of the escape sequence you get - can you ascertain if it's an edit key sequence or a terminal display sequence.. you might get another clue where the value is coming from.
Stuart Boydell --- CITEM = "" READU CITEM FROM F.FILE, CID THEN END ELSE IF CITEM # "" THEN PRINT "CITEM IS NOT NULL!" END What happens is that CITEM is sometimes assigned to a random value and not NULL. Right now it is being assigned to zero. Last week, this same CITEM was being assigned to an escape sequence (about 8 characters long) when the read failed. CITEM is a non-named common variable. This issues does NOT happen if CITEM is not a common variable. ****************************************************************************************************** This email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of addressed recipient(s). If you have received this communication in error, please reply to this e-mail to notify the sender of its incorrect delivery and then delete it and your reply. It is your responsibility to check this email and any attachments for viruses and defects before opening or sending them on. Spotless collects information about you to provide and market our services. For information about use, disclosure and access, see our privacy policy at http://www.spotless.com.au Please consider our environment before printing this email. ****************************************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
