Hi all and crunch,
Sorry I've been away so long. My laptop at work crashed and it took me a couple of weeks to straighten that out. It's a long story related to Microsoft issues with our network. I've also extensively revised/updated my computer setup at my home office. It's really a very cool setup, but that's another story. Anyway, I haven't had too much time working with Hal or this forum. [V]
crunch check out this previous post if you haven't seen it already. I am not aware of a simple fix to the error 67 problem. It is a VB thing.
http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1311Regarding the XTF Brain, please read this...
http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1237This is a very long thread, but it does cover a little history of the XTF brain.
http://www.zabaware.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1187The XTF brain requires a faster computer than some other types of brain. It runs well on my 1.8GHz laptop, but may seem a little slow on slower computers.
The <dbxtfon> debug function within the XTF brain provides an output text file that shows you a walk through of the XTF function process. To find out what is happening within the XTF brain during processing you will have to type <dbxtfon> into Hal's window which will generate a text file in the DefBrain directory. Read the XTF Brain manual included with the XTF Brain download for more details. There are some other debugging commands mentioned there for the XTF Brain. The <dbtopicon> command will list Hal's current topic after each of his responses. This can give you a idea about how Hal perceives the current topic and why the topic gets changed.
Good luck. I'll try to check back here a little more often. I'm going to be very busy for at least another couple of weeks.
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