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- From: msingh@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (The Supreme Commander)
- Subject: Re: BAM350 problems
- Message-ID: <C0Fz37.CFD@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Summary: Bug fix coming to fix these Shareware problems
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- Organization: Indiana University
- References: <1993Jan5.142834.10523@hou.amoco.com> <1993Jan6.102844.15634@actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:57:07 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- > went and watched a movie. When I came back and tried to load
- > the data, I received a wrong version error. I could find no
- > mention of what this might be in the docs. I dont know if
- > this is a bug, or if the program is crippleware, or whatever.
- > Has anyone else tried this program?
-
- No not crippleware, but a bug. A bug fix will be released in a few
- days to correct the Shareware problems.
-
- > The problem is easy to fix. Each record stores the version
- > number, 3.00. However, the program version is 3.5. Changing
- > the 3.00 to 3.50 in my test file fixed the problem, but of
- > course, adding more transactions adds the wrong version number
- > and you are back at the beginning.
-
- Yes, that's correct. The program simply needs to check version
- numbers, which users can easily modify. However, the problem appears
- to be in the sort routine which was not correctly modified for v3.50.
-
-
- > This seems like a really wierd problem. I mean, it would seem
- > to be impossible not to find this as a bug the second time
- > you executed the program.
-
- Actually, several different factors affect this bug, and therefore it
- was not caught!
-
- > I could not find an email address for the author in the docs
- > supplied.
-
- Feel free to e-mail me at msingh@silver.ucs.indiana.edu for any
- further help.
-
- I appreciate the response that I have received from users, and I
- *really* appreciate your patience.
-
-
-
- ...Manu
-
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- The Supreme Commander wishes you a Supreme day.
- I'm a Magic Man, oooh, I got the magic hands, yeah...
- Don't mind me, I'm just attempting to dock.
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- The Supreme Commander wishes you a Supreme day.
- I'm a Magic Man, oooh, I got the magic hands, yeah...
- Don't mind me, I'm just attempting to dock.
-