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autoguider · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Aachen

Dear All,

I declared a funtion that has no parameters and returns a byte

EDC · Joined: 26 Mar 2014 Posts: 1133

It compile just fine.
Nex time please attach code that can be compiled by simply copy/paste...and remember about brackets.
I also suggest update your Bascom because your version may be not supported Very Happy

MWS · Joined: 22 Aug 2009 Posts: 2335

I would complete the function with empty braces.

EDC · Joined: 26 Mar 2014 Posts: 1133

That code had one more flaw.
This probably was from some copying.
If Bascom shows strange errors then you should check copied code in some Notepad++ for incorrect encoding or invisible characters.

So...here you have CRLF but after some weird space. Comment line before the last "END" and code probably compile Wink

BTW. Bascom also have option for that ->Option->Environment->Show Special Characters but maybe this will not be so visible for the first look.

autoguider · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 82 Location: Aachen

Many thanks for your advice.

In Options>Environment-> Font I found the checkbox to show the special characters.
With your advised corrections I was able to get a compilation.

So far so good but now I am facing another problem which seems to be caused by Copying and /pasting data from the Windows editor

I made the strange experience that BASCOM starts up the opening process of the file that I edited yesterday.
I see a BASCOM fileeditor window opened and a green progress bar in the IDE bottom section.
Then the IDE disappears without any message/ comment.

So I have no other choice but to open the file in the editor, copy the code and paste it into a new BASCOM file.
Then it compiles fine.
I save it.
When reopening I face the problem as described above. Opening starts, progress bar long and green and the the application is closed without any warning/ message.

I can create a new file in BASCOM, save it, close it and reopen it.

When pasting some code from another file that was opened in the BASCOM environment save and close it reopening runs well.

When pasting some code from another file file that I opened in the Windows editor I can save it but reopening it fails.

Further investigation:
When creating the new file in the IDE and having the option for the special characters activated the new file contains a lot of EOF characters only.
After pasting, even of a few lines only, I do not see any EOF.

The long progress bar when loading is suspicious. maybe BASCOM does not find an EOF.

Is there an intereference to VisualBasic (VisualStudio 2019) that I have also on my computer?

I keep on trying to copy from the editor function by function.
Do you have some idea what to do?

Thx again
Christian

EDC · Joined: 26 Mar 2014 Posts: 1133

Maybe you should start with update your Bascom.
Download 2085 installer and install it in new folder.
I always do that and have previous for "some reasons"
Here I have "only" from 2082 because i change my computer.

Bascom from some version create separate XML file that can sometimes fix your Bascom installation.

In Bascom IDE you find ->Help ->About ->App data dir.
If you click that link then folder should open and then you must close entire Bascom because those files are keept in the memory and resaved on Bascom close.

So if Bascom is closed then rename your XML into something else like "___bascom-avr2083.xml"
Then if you reopen Bascom then it should be like new.
If that not help then you probably must search problem in your PC.