Re: cellfit

Richard Allan Cox (racox@hooked.net)
Tue, 22 Aug 1995 23:49:56 -0700

>
>
>On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, RICHARD L. DARLEY wrote:
>
>> Has anyone had experience of the following software problem in BDs'
>> Cellfit prog. (ver 2.0.2, Pascal 3.22): Data loads normally when the
>> programme starts and can be analysed as expected, but when we
>> subsequently try to load another file for analysis ('Readfile'} the
>> prog. crashes irrecoverably (error code 14 if I remember rightly). I
>> am using files generated both in Lysys and from a FACS440 system, but
>> it doesn't seem to make any difference which I try and the fact that
>> it will analyse either when the prog. first starts suggests the file
>> itself is not the problem. Reloading software doesn't help. There
>> is plenty of disc space.
>>
>> Related problem: does anyone know a way of reading single parameter
>> files on Cellfit which have been generated on Lysys?
>>

Eric Miller responds:

>Richard, I believe I may have seen your problem before. It only seems to
>happen when reading a Lysys file in Cellfit and relates to the file name.
>Lysys allows a longer file name, so can use a longer name than Cellfit
>can accept. Try re-naming your problem files with a shorter name.
> Can't help on the second point, sorry.
>
> Eric, ICRF Medical Oncology, Edinburgh UK
>

Eric, that would not account for the error -14 (bad input format) which
might indicate a bad file. The error you describe would cause error -7 (bad
filename). It's a known fact that version 2.0.2 had many bugs and was
replaced with version 2.0.1.2 (yes, strange numbering scheme).

As to longer filenames, LIF systems can have 10 character filenames and HFS
systems can have 14. Since CellFit and LYSYS II both run under C32 and
share (to a limited sense, common libraries), the filename shouldn't be the
problem. Have you verified that something over 10 characters or more in the
filename causes CellFit to blowup?

Maybe the filename itself is the problem and not its length. LYSYS II v1.0,
v1.1 and v1.2 were overly exhuberant about the types of filenames they would
permit users to create. It wasn't until version 2.0 that it because more
restrictive. I should have asked for a sample of his filename. He should
get rid of version 2.0.2 at any rate.

Regards,
Richard Cox

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