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Protected · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2002 8:27 pm Post subject: Help! Illegal variable name.

I've been working in my program Protected Tiles Pro, and a few days ago I found that, although the program runs perfectly using the "Run" button in the VDS window, the compiled EXE always returns Error 5 in this line:

Mac · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2002 9:16 pm Post subject:

I'd try setting the %%LINETOGOTO value manually to see if
it's the var name or the @regread() procedure. If it will work
with the var value set, you might try the following and see
what you get:
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Protected · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2002 9:20 pm Post subject:

I had already tried that Mac. I tried everything. THAT works. It returns 3 . In that case, TEST 3 .

Mac · Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2002 9:51 pm Post subject:

So loading the value manually (%%LINETOGOTO = 3) works OK?

Have you tried omitting the @trim() function? You could trim
the var after it gets the @regread() with @trim(%%LINETOGOTO)...

Protected · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 1:23 am Post subject:

The trim function in this case is completely useless and it wasn't there until prakash told me to try it

Mac · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 5:46 am Post subject:

You might try using an IF statement to make sure %%LABEL is valid
and @regread() is numeric before %%LINETOGOTO is assigned...
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Protected · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 5:49 pm Post subject:

Mac, the value returned by @regread IS numeric, it is ALWAYS assigned by the program (before this part) and it must always be numeric. %%LABEL varies, as these commands are run everytime there is a GOTO command in the game script, but in this case, the program freezes in the first time, when %%LABEL is equal to ?Begin which is a label that ALWAYS exists in the game script. The solution for this is not that simple, I tried every possible simple thing.... If you want the whole source code tell me and I'll send it to you (or anyone else who wants to try)

Mac · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 6:10 pm Post subject:

Protected, did you try the snippet of code above?

You said the program runs fine from the IDE, I was just
trying to come up with a reason why it won't run compiled.

One other thing that comes to mind. Since compiled progs
run so much faster, you might try inserting WAIT here and
there to give functions (such as @regread) time to keep up
with the rest of the code.

Cheers, Mac Smile

Protected · Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2002 6:37 pm Post subject:

Mac I don't know how could this happen, but the problem is solved!!! Very Happy

I decided to continue programming and forget this for a while. Since this new version of PTP is full screen, I removed the menus and changed the code so it works with hotkeys (vdshot.dll). And when i compiled the program and tried it..... it was running!!!!! Very strange isn't it? Perhaps the error was inside the code that handled the program's menu system (it was a code with + then 300 lines), in fact the program used to process it before the line where the error happened.....