>>Charlie wrote: >> >>> Then what's causing the problem with LOF under 8.5? >> >>Is there really such a problem? I've heard speculation, but no test >>results. I don't have 8.5 myself, so I can't test it, but I'd like to >>see somebody with 8.5 actually try LOF and tell us whether the number it >>returns looks right or not. > >This whole thread got started when Matt Beedle asked anyone running OS 8.5 >to check out his source code to try to help determine what was going wrong. >I did just that. In debugging his code I found that when he used LOF on a >file to determine the size of a picture that he wanted to place in a handle >the function returned the value 4. This was clearly a bad value and trouble >insued because of the "large" number that resulted when 256 was subtracted >from 4. > >This is clearly not speculation but is a _real_ problem. I didn't try using >the File Exchange control panel to turn off translation at open but I think >the point is moot. If a user can have system 8.5 and be using File Exchange >and the result is that there is some intrique caused with LOF that results >in a program crash then the situation is serious. > > Yo, Charlie, The problem in Matt's application was not File Exchange. (At least not as far as the LOF problem.) It was a bug in something else he was doing. There is no 8.5 LOF bug in FB. Matt had to remove the File Exchange to re-install FB since it destroys resorce handling during install. He did not have to remove a File Manager. In case you are interested, my dog now has an email address. You can write to her at summer@.... Don't expect a reply tho. She can't read. -STAZ ~)~ -------------------------------------------------------------- STAZ Software * 4387 Leisure Time Dr * Diamondhead, MS 39525 -------------------------------------------------------------- Orders: 800-348-2623 EMail http: //www.stazsoftware.com Tech: 228-255-7085 FAX: 228-255-7086 --------------------------------------------------------------