Merrick Stemen wrote:

>Bill,
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>I went back and dug up my version 4.0-beta 10 trial--the IDE it was
>linked to on my machine was 354 days past its trial period! So,
>after waiting for 5 minutes and 54 seconds for the penalty countdown
>to finish, I tried out your data_sting example, and I got the
>output: "MC". Hmmm.
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>I have taken to keeping the Java Console running while I run Steam
>XML so that I can see if any errors cause a corresponding Java
>exception. Try opening the Java console (you must set this up in
>your Java control panel) and then run your code and see if there are
>any errors that pop up when you run the "MC" program.
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>It is worth a try to ask for a newer version.
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>Let's see if we can get this figured out!
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>_Merrick
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>--- In waterlanguage@yahoogroups.com, "William N. Schorn"
><wschorn@s...> wrote:
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>>Merrick
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>>Thanks for your reply.
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>>I'm using a trial version that I downloaded on Aug 29 2005.
>>Product name: Steam XML IDE
>>Water version: 4.0 beta-10 Professional Edition - Trial
>>Java VM version: 1.5.0_04-b05
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>>I understand that the book is a little out of date, but get
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>>Perhaps I should request another version? It seems odd that they
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>>Thanks again
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>>Bill
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Merrick

Pertaining to the "MC" problem. Your 'Hmmm' response was well placed.
I rekeyed the entry and it too correctly produced "MC". I went back to
my original,
but it continued to produce "M". To shorten this story, the problem was
that "Christopher"
was actually " Christopher" in the original. So with the two blanks,
it was actually correct.

I appreciate the time you took in helping me.

So now it's back in the Water.

Bill