BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 10-07-92 (19:15) Number: 324 From: MATT HART Refer#: NONE To: TOM CARROLL Recvd: NO Subj: filedate.bas Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
TC> 'other minor changes... I keep getting an overflow error when the
TC> 'date/time that I have down below is used. I know, you're probably
Woops. Here's the offending code:
TC> HMS& = Hours& + Minutes& + Seconds&
TC> IF HMS& > 65536 THEN
TC> InRegs.cx = 65536 - HMS&
TC> ELSE
TC> InRegs.cx = HMS& ' <<< This is where it's cookies gets
TC> END IF ' Tossed. It exits with error #6.
Change:
IF HMS& > 65536 THEN
To:
IF HMS& => 65536 THEN
or
IF HMS& > 65535 THEN
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