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From: djvelleman@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: THINK Pascal problems
Message-ID: <11394.276747c1@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 13 Dec 90 09:20:01 GMT
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I'm having two problems with THINK Pascal 3.0.

Problem #1:  I put a stop sign in my program and then run it.  It runs until
reaching the stop sign and then stops.  I open the Lightsbug window and look
at a few variables, but I don't change anything in memory.  Then I say "go"
to continue execution and I get an immediate system crash.  When I run
exactly the same program without the stop sign (but still in the debugging
environment), it runs fine.  What's going on?  This has happened to me twice.

Problem #2:  This is really a problem with the Project Utilities program that
comes with THINK Pascal, not a problem with THINK Pascal itself.  I want to
back up my project to a floppy disk.  I start up Project Utilities, open the
project, select the files needing to be backed up, and say "back up".  I get
a dialog box asking me to choose the destination.  I put in the floppy disk,
and nothing happens--it's as if the disk-inserted event is being ignored.
The annoying thing is that the drive and eject buttons don't light up, so I
can't ask that the disk be ejected so I can try again.  This only happens
occasionally, but it does happen.  I would guess that it's a system problem
(or maybe even a hardware problem with my disk drive) but it's never happened
at any other time, and it has happened three times with Project Utilities.
Is Project Utilities doing something that could cause the disk-inserted event
to get thrown away before it's processed?

Please e-mail responses.  Thanks.
  Dan Velleman
  Math Dept., Amherst College
  djvelleman@amherst.bitnet