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Re: Question on "string space corrupt" errors in Quickbasic

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From: Dave Rackley
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 1990 16:29
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>In article <90284.091355F0O@psuvm.psu.edu> F0O@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

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>   Hi netters!

>	I've been using QuickBasic 4.0 for writing some data collection
>   programs using the Keithley Quick500 resident software.  Every now and
>   then, These "string space corrupt" errors will rear their ugly head.
>	I've been trying to determine if it is the fault of QuickBasic or
>   Quick500.
>	On my program, I know I'm not doing any PEEK or POKES, and I'm not
>   sharing variables across modules; so I shouldn't have a mismatched COMMON
>   problem.
>	I would like to hear from anyone who has run into the "string
>   space corrupt" error, and how you solved the problem.  I'm banging my
>   head against the wall!

>							 [Tim]

   I once saw a similar problem, using QB 4.0.  My problem hinged on the fact
that I was using variable length strings, exclusively.  My solution was to
dimension strings to a fixed length before passing them as arguments.  See
your reference guide under the DIM topic.

   Hope this provides some insight! :-)

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