CompuServe Messages

Keith, Found another gotcha in Access!. It appears you do not check memory allocation status when downloading. I was trying to pull down a file on a small memory Amiga last night, and everytime I ran out of memory the system crashed. I can't comment on your technique since I don't know what it is. But if you're doing AllocRemember() (or AllocMem, of course), you might check the status each time you ask for a new block and, if you run out of space, dump the buffer to disk and start anew. This lets a two meg user download an entire file with only one disk access at the end, yet lets a person with only 1K free download using a disk write for every sector. Rick P.S. There is also a flake in switching from full screen to SPLIT mode; in some cases the bottom margin is not properly set, and the cursor (and text) goes right past the bottom gadget strip. Haven't had it happen enough to give you a repeatable technique yet, but thought you should know.