I'm trying to fix an MFC app that puts up a "Failed to create empty document" for some customers when they try to open a data file. It hasn't failed on any of our own systems or for our customers in North America, but only for a customer in Sweden and one in Australia. It fails in both Win XP and Vista. The user has admin privileges. I installed those on a test machine of my own, setting the language to Australian and the locale to Australia, and installing the same anti-virus as the Australian customer, but nothing I do can reproduce the problem locally. It's failing somewhere in MFC's OpenDocumentFile() function. Does anyone have an idea why it would work fine in the United States, but fail in Australia? It's not even reading a file yet, just trying to create an empty doc. Thanks in advance for your help.

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Isn't it time? :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

Yeah, I've avoided working on medical software for the same reason. Because you know there's always at least one bug in any significant piece of code. I once worked on a system used in the testing of rocket engines for NASA, which I'm pleased by, but made me a little nervous at the time. One of the reasons I chose hardware and software design for a living is that it seemed so safe. Hard to hurt yourself with just 5 volts. Then somehow I found myself one time working on embedded software for automated welding machines. Ultraviolet light that could bind my contact lenses to my cornea, hot flying weld-berries, noxious gasses, hyperbaric chambers, and high-voltage power supplies that could (and did!) occasionally explode. Yikes. Now I just work on games. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

If you note the DosBox window, you'll begin to understand what he's talking about. (Notice the Win 3.1 styles?) More on DosBox here[^]. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

Lunch today at favorite Japanese restaurant (Kamikaze in San Rafael, CA), go see "National Treasure" tomorrow, read a recently borrowed book ("Budayeen Nights" by George Alec Effinger), and practice flying helicopters on the flight sim in anticipation of getting my new electric RC helicopter. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

This article[^] in Wired News describes the new availability of (US) National Weather Service data in XML format. One writer in the article is quoted as saying that now "anyone with XML skills can build a reader. It takes a minimal amount of XML knowledge to cobble together a weather program, and that's exciting." So here's the challenge: Which of you will be first to post here the source code to such a client? The clock is ticking. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

No, that is not a scam. I've received a check from them for money that couldn't find me after I'd moved. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

Yeah, but is it the wright Roger? Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

I never eat anything I can't see. Too many bad experiences. I also like to know what it is I'm eating. Once, in Tokyo, my boss and I were served what I can only describe as "a bowl of parts." My boss just started digging in, but I had to ask our host what it was all the items were. That's just how I am. By the way, none of the movies on your Top 20 list match mine[^]. (Whoa! I must have missed the news that this entry form automagically formats URLs for you. Sweet.) Dave Goodman http://dkgoodman.com/blog.html

There's something poetic about the word intelligence being difficult to spell. I'm just saying. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com dkgoodman.com/blog.html

My friend Eric, who shall remain nameless, once worked in a Radio Shack in the San Fernando Valley (home of the Valley girl). One day (about 20 years ago) a guy comes in with a TV set and complains that the picture is all jagged. Well, Eric tells him that the thing needs a Fallopian tube, but the store was all out and he should go to Sandy's Electronics and tell them he needs a Fallopian tube. We heard later he came back to the store all steamed, but Eric was already off duty by then. :) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

I've almost always found jobs through networking. In some cases they found me that way. This has been letting me down the past few years. My last job I found through craigslist.com Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

l a u r e n wrote: "there is no spoon" But there is a fork. Otherwise, how could we spawn? :) (Try explaining that to your friends!) Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

I'm told that during the Watts riots in Los Angeles many years ago, the army was called in to help support the police (despite posse comitatus rules to the contrary). A miscommunication occurred when a police officer asked an army troop to "cover him" and the army guy started laying down cover fire. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

23! Hitchhiking is not the answer, Illumination is the answer. Sex is not the answer, sex is the question. The answer is yes! Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

I live in Marin County. I work near the ferry bldg in SF. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

David Stone wrote: "Reality is more important that what you believe." What kind of crazy solipsism is that? Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

ROFL. That was great! Where did you get that? Hope you don't mind, I had to put it in my blog. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

Most states (California does) have official web pages that let you search their database for unclaimed property. I searched it and got hundreds of dollars, and I've found hundreds of dollars that my friends and relatives had coming to them. It's something good to do when you're unemployed. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."

I remember when the book 1984 was a dark warning of what could happen, instead of a fait accompli. :sigh: Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."