Ya Nvr No,
I just double checked and I have exactly the same lines in my Screen Load Script.
Overloaded,
Good eye for catching that. You posted the case sensitivity question earlier and of course you are dead right. I have already changed that so that all of the var names match exactly. C is generally case sensitive in all flavors that I have used, so typos and also the dreaded 'cut and paste' typos can be hell. MS C helps a lot with that by popping up the var names as you type. At first it is an annoyance, but you learn to embrace it before long.
If you look at the image on post #58 you will notice that the debugger blew up on line 2. After your post, I fixed the case issue and no joy. I went a step further and as you see on line 2, the var content is hard coded into the argument and it still blew up at the same place. That exact var is used in the now infamous M40 and it works fine, so it is not the argument causing the problem either.
It is a mystery to me, but for now the 'Vaudeville solution' seems like the best course:
Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this"
Doctor: "Then don't do that, NEXT!"
Badda BING!
Everybody,
I think it may be an issue with this computer. One of the images I posted (I think) showed Lua unhappy about something and calling out the IP of this computer.
There are a co0uple more things to try. One is to turn off the firewall and the other of course is to try the same procedure on my CNC computer (less complex and 32 bit). But the CNC computer is doing its job at the moment, so I can't mess with it.
It is good to know that it does work so the problem is on my end. I'm doing something stupid and obvious and just missing it completely -or- there is something in the OS of this computer that is blocking the calls.
As I mentioned, it's not something I plan to use right away . . if ever . . so knowing it works is enough for now. I can play with MACH4 using self contained scripts for now. I'm posting the issue here as the final resolution, if any, might be valuable. For example, I discovered that MACH4 has to be 'run as administrator' (at least on this computer) or the OS blocks the IP traffic. So . . that would be a good thin g to add into the install instructions. Certainly can't hurt and it may save some hair pulling down the road.
Once again thanks for the responses!