On 11/12/02 3:12 AM, "Paul Guyot" <pguyot_at_kallisys.net> wrote:
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> =C0 (At) 18:21 -0500 11/11/02, Varun Mehta =E9crivait (wrote) :
>> Well, if anyone still cares
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> If you post the source code, we can help. If you only describe what
> happens, we cannot.
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> Imagine that I say: hey, can you please help, I put an ATA card in
> the eMate and then it restarts. :)
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>> numberInt :=3D Rint(StringToNumber(GetSlot(NumBox, 'text)));
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> GetSlot isn't really useful here. You can make the code more readable
> (IMHO) with:
> numberInt :=3D Rint(StringToNumber(NumBox.text));
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> Also, please note that Rint returns a float number. What you probably
> want is RintToL.
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>> SetValue(ResultText,'text,NumberStr(Random(numberInt,typeInt*numberInt))=
);
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> Random expects integers, not floats. So it is probably here that an
> exception was thrown. If you had used RintToL, it probably would have
> worked.
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> Paul
Ah, I understand now. Sorry if I come off as sarcastic, it's one of the
problems of being a teenager, sarcasm creeps in when you don't want it to ;=
)
I see what was wrong. I couldn't find RintToL in the docs, chalk it up to
carelessness.
I think I get the basics now, thank you for your help.
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